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| BH11684 | 80 | Arabic | ان یا مهدی فألق التکبیر علی وجهه من لدن هذا المسجون و قل یا عبد | O Mihdi! Cast thy glorification upon His countenance, from this Prisoner, and say: O servant [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15738.180ax, | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11686 | 120 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی فاز بأنوار الوجه و سمع ندآء ربه العلیم الحکیم | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been illumined by the lights of the Countenance and hath hearkened unto the call of his Lord, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.076a | BRL_DA#067 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11692 | 1500 | Arabic | شهد ربنا و مقصودنا بوحدانیته ذاته و فردانیته نفسه و نشهد بما شهد | Our Lord and our Goal hath borne witness unto His Own Oneness through His Essence, and His Singleness through His Self, and We bear witness unto that whereunto He hath testified [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.212 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11700 | 780 | Arabic | سبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و جعلها حجه من عنده علی العالمین و بها نزل من | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and made them a testimony from His presence unto the peoples of all the worlds, and through them hath descended [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p235 | Creation of the world; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11702 | 690 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه ما یقرب الناس الی الله بارئهم | This is a Book that speaketh with truth, and wherein is mentioned that which draweth mankind nigh unto God, their Creator [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p291 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11705 | 654 | Arabic | تلک آیات الروح قد نزلت بالحق من سحاب حزن عظیم و لو تشهد ببصر الروح | These are the verses of the Spirit that have been sent down in truth from the cloud of grievous sorrow, if thou wouldst but behold with the eye of the spirit [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.422 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11707 | 640 | Arabic | To Set the World in Order | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له العظمه و الاقتدار و القدره و الاختیار یفعل ما یشاء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the grandeur and the power, the might and the dominion. He doeth whatsoever He willeth [3.5s]... And then the voice of the Divine Lote-Tree sounded, calling aloud and saying: Praise be unto God Who hath ordained marriage to be a portal | BRL_DA#536, BRL_SWOP#001x | BRL_SWO#001x | Marriage as means of spiritual progress; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for married couples; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11710 | 583 | Arabic | تالله الحق ما حضر بین یدی العرش من کلماتک فی عرفانک نفس الله و اثباتک علی امره | By God, the True One! None of thy words concerning thy recognition of the Self of God and thy steadfastness in His Cause have been presented before the Throne [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.426 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11711 | 580 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و فیه رحمه للعالمین و قد خلق الله من حرف عما نزل | This is the Book that speaketh with truth, wherein lieth mercy unto all the worlds, and God hath created from its letters that which hath been sent down [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p293 | Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11716 | 498 | Arabic | ان یا امه الله اشهدی علی انه لا اله الا هو و کل له ساجدون فتوکلی علی الله | O handmaid of God! Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Him, and all before Him are worshippers prostrate. Therefore place thy trust in God [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.233 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Soul; spirit after death; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11719 | 479 | Arabic | تلک آیات القدس نزلت من لدی الله الواحد الفرد الاحد و یدعو الناس الی فردوس | These are the verses of holiness sent down from God, the One, the Incomparable, the Single, calling mankind unto Paradise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.420 | Living waters; water of life; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11721 | 430 | Arabic | ذکر بدیع من العبد الی الذی آمن باللّه و کان من المهتدین فی الواح الرّوح مسطورا | A wondrous remembrance from the servant unto him who hath believed in God and was among the guided ones, inscribed in the Tablets of the Spirit [3.5s] | BRL_DA#119 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as mediator; Proclamation to the people of the world; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11722 | 420 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته لیستقیم علی الامر و ینقطع | This is an Epistle from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His signs, that he may stand firm in the Cause and be detached [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p380 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11724 | 400 | Arabic | فاظهر اللهم فی هذا العید قدرتک و سلطانک علی من فی سمائک و ارضک سبحانک | O my God! Manifest Thou on this Festival Day Thy power and dominion over all who dwell in Thy heavens and upon Thy earth. Glory be unto Thee [3.5s] | BRL_DA#521 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for teaching; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11728 | 370 | Arabic | قد اتی المیقات و اتی منزل الایات من سماء الامر بقوه لاتضعفها ظلم الاشرار | Verily the decreed time has arrived and the Revealer of verses has come from the Heaven of His Cause with a power that will not be weakened by the tyrannies of the evil-doers | BRL_DA#412, TZH5.390-391, TISH.238-239 | RIDA.112-114 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11729 | 360 | Arabic | حنین الله قد ارتفع بالحق من مظهر نفسه الذی وقع تحت مخالیب البغضا و لم یکن | The lamentation of God hath verily been raised in truth from the Manifestation of His Self, Who hath fallen beneath the claws of hatred and was not [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p381 | Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11730 | 360 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذی اظهرته و جعلت ظهوره نفس ظهورک … فی هذا الظهور الذی فیه اسودت وجوه المشرکین | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Him Whom Thou hast manifested and made His Revelation identical with Thine own Self-Revelation... in this Dispensation wherein the faces of the ungodly were darkened [3.5s] | BRL_DA#345 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11733 | 342 | Arabic | و لقد ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا لایعادل بحرف منه ما خلق و یخلق و انه لتنزیل | Verily, We have sent unto thee aforetime a Tablet, a single letter whereof surpasseth whatsoever hath been created and shall be created, and it is, indeed, a revelation [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.529 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11734 | 340 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه امه من امائک و طلقه من طلقاتک تقربت الیک و توکلت علیک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is one of Thy handmaidens and a leaf among Thy leaves who hath drawn nigh unto Thee and placed her trust in Thee [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.250 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11737 | 323 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یذکر امائه اللواتی آمن به و انقطعن عما یکرهه رضاه و سلکن مناهج | Glorified be He Who maketh mention of His handmaidens who have believed in Him, who have detached themselves from whatsoever is repugnant to His good-pleasure, and who have walked His paths [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.454 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Role and station of women | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11738 | 320 | Arabic | قد حضر عندنا کتابک و اطلعنا بما فیه و نجیبنک بما یلقی الله | Your letter hath reached Our presence, and We have perused its contents, and We shall respond unto thee with that which God shall cast [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p383 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for healing; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11739 | 320 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق و فیه ما یقرب العالم الی الاسم الاعظم و یسمعهم ندآء الله | A Book sent down in truth, wherein is that which draweth the world nigh unto the Most Great Name and causeth them to hearken unto the Call of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#469 | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11741 | 306 | Arabic | ان اشهد یا ایها الحبیب بان النور جلا و تجلی و البطون ظهر او تظهر و السماء شقا و تشقا | O beloved friend, bear thou witness that the Light hath shone forth and become manifest, that the hidden hath been revealed and shall be unveiled, and that the heavens have been cleft asunder and are being rent [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.306 | Apocalyptic imagery; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11743 | 300 | Arabic | ان یا تقی فاعلم بان حضر بین یدی العرش کتابک و التفتت الیه لحظات الله ربک | O Taqi! Know thou that thy letter hath been presented before the Throne, and the glances of God, thy Lord, have turned towards it [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p398 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Empty learning; false spirituality; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11744 | 300 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من هذا المظلوم الی الذی هاجر فی سبیل الله و کان | This is an Epistle from this Wronged One unto him who hath emigrated in the path of God and was [3.5s] | ALIB.folder18p424 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11747 | 286 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی العبد الی التی آمنت بالله ربها و کانت من القانتات فی ام الکتاب | This is an epistle from the servant unto her who hath believed in God, her Lord, and hath been numbered among the devout in the Mother Book [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.249 | Love of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11748 | 280 | Arabic | To Set the World in Order | الحمد لله الذی نور العالم بنیر لاح و اشرق من فجر الظهور فی افق سماء بیان الرحمن | Praised be God, Who hath adorned the heaven of love with the stars of unity and harmony, and hath ordained that in the world of being marriage be the chief instrument | BRL_DA#517, BRL_SWOP#093x | BRL_SWO#093x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for married couples; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11749 | 280 | Arabic | قد ارسلنا الیک کتابا منه تنجذب افئده العارفین من کان له نصیب فی الحیوه | We have sent unto thee a Book by which the hearts of them that are endowed with understanding are irresistibly drawn, such as have been granted a portion in life [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.039 | Apocalyptic imagery; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11750 | 272 | Arabic | ان یا ربابه ان استمعی ندآء الرباب عن جهه ربک العزیز الوهاب لتجذبک نفحات رب الارباب | O Rubábih! Hearken thou unto the melody of the Lord from the direction of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Bountiful, that the fragrances of the Lord of Lords may draw thee nigh [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.456b | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11752 | 260 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انا عبادک و فی قبضتک و ما اردنا الا ما اردته | Glorified art Thou, O my God! We are Thy servants, within Thy grasp, and we desire naught save that which Thou hast desired [3.5s] | BRL_DA#215 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11753 | 260 | Arabic | یا ورقتی ان استمعی ندائی من شطر عکا انه لا اله الا انا فاطر السماء و مالک الاسماء | O My Leaf! Hearken thou unto My call from the precincts of 'Akká. Verily, there is none other God but Me, the Creator of the heavens and the Lord of Names [3.5s] | TISH.619-620 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11755 | 250 | Arabic | ذکر ورقه الهویة فی شاطی القدس علی اغصان سدرة الفردوس ان یا اهل العرش فاسمعون | The mention of the Divine Leaf upon the holy shore, amidst the branches of the Celestial Lote-Tree. O ye dwellers of the Throne, hearken ye [3.5s] | BRL_DA#172 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Idolatry; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11757 | 250 | Arabic | قد نطقت الذرات بما نطق منزل الآیات اذ اتی بالبیّنات التی عجز عن الاتیان | The atoms have spoken even as the Revealer of Verses spoke when He came with clear proofs which none could match [3.5s] | BRL_DA#195 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11758 | 250 | Arabic | یا علی علیک بهائی ان المظلوم لایشکو من البلایا و ما ورد علی الاولیاء فی سبیل الله | O 'Alí, upon thee be My glory! The Wronged One complaineth not of tribulations, nor of that which hath befallen the favored ones in the path of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#427 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11761 | 240 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم لاسمه | Praise be unto God Who hath made the line, formed from the Primal Point manifest in the letter Bá, the adorning seal of His Name [3.5s] | BRL_DA#305x | Apocalyptic imagery; Creation of the world; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11763 | 240 | Arabic | To Set the World in Order | ذکر من لدنا لمن فاز بانوار الایمان و اعترف بما انکره اهل الارض الا من شاء | This is a remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath attained unto the lights of faith and hath acknowledged that which the peoples of the earth have denied, save whom He hath willed [3.5s]... ...God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, Who is potent to do whatsoever He willeth. He ruleth over His dominion as He pleaseth | BRL_DA#551, BRL_SWOP#015x | BRL_SWO#015x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11765 | 230 | Arabic | لوح انزله مالک القدم لمن اقبل الیه و فاز بیومه المذکور فی کتب النبیین | A Tablet revealed by the Ancient King unto him who hath turned unto Him and attained unto His Day, which is mentioned in the Books of the Prophets [3.5s] | TISH.567 | Chastisement and requital; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Proclamation to the people of the world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11769 | 205 | Arabic | ذکر من العبد الی التی آمنت ثم هدی و رجعت الی وطن القرب فی جوار ربها العلی الاعلی | A remembrance from the Servant unto her who believed and was guided, and returned unto the homeland of nearness in the vicinity of her Lord, the Most High, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.255 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11770 | 202 | Arabic | ان استمع ما یسمعک نغمات الله من نغمات عز بدیعا و یوحی الیک من شطر ربک ما سطر | Hearken unto that which maketh thee hear the melodies of God, wondrous melodies of glory, and revealeth unto thee from the direction of thy Lord that which hath been inscribed [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.389 | Apocalyptic imagery; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11772 | 200 | Arabic | قل لک الحمد یا الهی و سیدی و سندی بما ایدتنی علی عرفان مطلع آیاتک | Say: I yield Thee thanks, O my God, and my Master, and my Mainstay, for having aided me to recognize the Dawning-Place of Thy signs | BRL_DA#199 | BRL_APBH#19 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11773 | 200 | Arabic | یا میر یذکرک المظلوم فی حین احاطته الاحزان بما اکتسبت ایدی الذین انکروا | O Prince! The Wronged One remembereth thee at the hour when sorrows have encompassed Him through that which the hands of them that have denied have wrought [3.5s] | BRL_DA#490 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11774 | 196 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی ینزل الایات کیف یشاء یضل منها عباد و یهتدی آخرون لم یزل کان | Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses as He willeth, whereby certain servants go astray while others are guided! Ever hath He been [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.254 | Being a source of light; guidance; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11775 | 190 | Arabic | ان یا ورقه الحب اسمعی ندآء ربک عن شطر هذا السجن لتجذبک نغمات الرحمن | O leaf of love! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Prison, that the melodies of the All-Merciful may draw thee [3.5s] | BRL_DA#203 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11776 | 190 | Arabic | سبحان الذی قد اظهر من یشاء بما یشاء للقیام بامره و الاظهار لحکمه | Glorified be He Who manifesteth whomsoever He willeth through whatsoever He willeth for the purpose of His Cause and the revelation of His wisdom [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.299 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11779 | 180 | Arabic | یا محمد قبل طاهر یذکرک فی هذا اللیل من طاف حوله الملا الاعلی و اهل الفرودس | O Muhammad-Qablí-Táhir! He round Whom circle the Concourse on High and the dwellers of Paradise maketh mention of thee on this night [3.5s] | KHSH17.274 | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11783 | 170 | Arabic | قد سمعنا ندائک و اجبناک ان ربک لهو المجیب انه معک و ینصرک بالحق انه لهو المقتدر | We have hearkened unto thy call and answered thee, for verily thy Lord is the All-Responding. He is with thee and aideth thee through the truth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.035 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11784 | 170 | Arabic | انی اذکر علیک من رشحات النور ینجذبک الی ساحه سلطان السرور | I make mention unto thee of the dewdrops of light that shall draw thee unto the court of the Sovereign of joy [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.252 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11785 | 168 | Arabic | ان یا مجید قد نزل الروح بمجده من ملکوتی و الکلیم بایاته و الحبیب بمعراجه | O Majíd! The Spirit hath descended in His glory from My Kingdom, and He Who conversed with God with His signs, and the Beloved One with His ascension [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.062 | Christ; Christianity; Consolation and comfort; Personal instructions; Proclamation to Christians; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11786 | 168 | Arabic | قد اتی الیوم و کفر القوم بالله المقتدر الجبار اتت العلامات و نزلت الایات و الناس | The Day hath indeed come, and the people have denied God, the Almighty, the All-Compelling. The signs have appeared and the verses have been sent down, yet the people [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.041 | Chastisement and requital; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11788 | 160 | Arabic | هذا کتاب قد نزل بالحق لمن حضر لدی عرش ربه الرحمن الرحیم و اخذته نفحات الوحی | This is a Book that hath been sent down in truth unto him who hath attained the presence of his Lord, the All-Merciful, the Most Compassionate, and whom the breezes of revelation have enfolded [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.037 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11789 | 160 | Arabic | یا یحیی تحرک قلمی الاعلی بین الوری فی العشی و الاشراق و دعا الکل | O Yahya! My Most Exalted Pen moveth amidst the peoples at eventide and at dawn, summoning all [3.5s] | BRL_DA#458 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11790 | 159 | Arabic | ذکری عباد الذین انجذبوا من نفحات ایام ربهم مالک الاسماء و الصفات و آمنوا | A remembrance of the servants who were drawn by the fragrances of the days of their Lord, the Lord of Names and Attributes, and who believed [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.044b | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11791 | 158 | Arabic | ذکر کتاب من العبد الی التی آمنت بالله و کانت من القانتات فی صحف القدس مسطورا | The mention of the Book, from the servant to her who hath believed in God and was numbered among the devout ones in the sacred scrolls, inscribed [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.349b | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11792 | 153 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یهدی المخلصین الی سلسبیل رحمه ربهم المختار و یحفظهم من اشارات الذین | This is a Book that guideth the sincere unto the fountain-spring of their chosen Lord's mercy and shieldeth them from the intimations of those who [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.051b | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11793 | 150 | Arabic | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | هذه لیله من لیالی الصیام و فیها نطق لسان العظمه و الکبریاء انه لا اله الا | This is one of the nights of the Fast, and during it the Tongue of Grandeur and Glory proclaimed: There is no God beside Me, the Omnipotent Protector, the Self-Subsisting | BRL_IOPF#1.14x | Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Law of fasting; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11794 | 150 | Arabic | ان یا عبد المومن بالله اسمع قول من یدعوک الی الله خالصا لوجهه و ما اراد لاحد | O thou servant steadfast in the faith of God! Hearken unto the voice of him who calleth thee unto God, purely for His sake, seeking naught for any soul [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.031b | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11795 | 150 | Arabic | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الوجه و آمن بالله الفرد الخبیر ان یا طالب ان المطلوب | We make mention of him who hath turned unto the Countenance and believed in God, the One, the All-Informed. O seeker, verily the Sought One [3.5s] | BRL_DA#300 | Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11796 | 150 | Arabic | لو ترانی لاتعرفنی بما ورد علی فی سبیل ربک العزیز المختار لااشکو بما ورد علی | Shouldst thou behold Me, thou wouldst not recognize Me by reason of what hath befallen Me in the path of thy Lord, the Mighty, the Chosen One. I do not complain of what hath come upon Me [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.036 | Consolation and comfort; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11797 | 150 | Arabic | یا احباء الله انتم مصابیح الدجی قد خلقتم لهذه الایام التی فیها اخذت الظلمه من فی الارض | O beloved ones of God! Ye are the lamps of darkness, created for these days wherein gloom hath encompassed them that dwell upon earth [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.033 | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11798 | 150 | Arabic | یا عباد الرحمن قدسوا قلوبکم عن الظنون و الاوهام لتجدوا لذه سلسبیل البیان انه جری | O servants of the All-Merciful! Sanctify your hearts from fancies and vain imaginings, that ye may taste the sweetness of the celestial stream of utterance, which floweth [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.030 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Idolatry; Nearness to God; Prayer for nearness to God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11799 | 149 | Arabic | قد حضر کتابک و قرء تلقاء العرش اقسمت فیه الله بان یجعلک من الطائفین فی حوله | Your letter hath arrived and been read before the Throne. Therein didst thou adjure God to make thee one of them that circle round about Him [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.057 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11800 | 149 | Arabic | هذا یوم النصر قم علی نصره امر ربک العلی العظیم قل یا عباد الرحمن قد اشرقت شمس | This is the Day of Victory! Arise to aid the Cause of thy Lord, the Most High, the Most Great. Say: O servants of the All-Merciful! The sun hath risen [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.048b | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11801 | 145 | Arabic | ان یا بصیر فاعلم بانا وردنا فی المنظر الاعلی و الذین یتوهمون انی فی السجن | O thou who art endowed with insight! Know thou that We have attained unto the Most Exalted Horizon, while they imagine that I am in prison [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.053 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11802 | 145 | Arabic | ان یا غلام اسمع ندائی عن جهه السجن لیقربک الندا الی منظر ربک الابهی انه لهو المقتدر | O servant! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of the prison, that the call may draw thee nigh unto the luminous vision of thy Most Glorious Lord. Verily, He is the Almighty [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.054 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11803 | 143 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی انجذب من آیات ربه و اقبل الی کعبه المقصود و فاز | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath been attracted by the verses of his Lord, who hath turned towards the Kaaba of his Purpose, and hath attained [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.070 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11805 | 140 | Arabic | ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی ثم انقطع عن الدنیا تلک من آیات ربک الکبری نزلت عن | Hearken thou unto the Call of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, then sever thyself from the world - these are among the mighty signs of thy Lord, sent down from on high [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.032 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11806 | 140 | Arabic | انا فی بحبوحة البلآء دعونا اهل الانشآء الی اللّه مالک الآخرة و الأولی یشهد بذلک | In the midst of tribulation, We have summoned all created beings unto God, the Lord of the First and the Last. To this doth bear witness [3.5s] | BRL_DA#121 | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11807 | 140 | Arabic | فاعلم یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه بان البلایاء احاطتنا و نحن فی غمراتها ندع الناس | Know thou, O thou who gazest upon the Countenance, that calamities have encompassed Us, and amidst their depths We summon mankind [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.029 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Predictions and prophecies; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11808 | 140 | Arabic | قل الهی الهی لک الحمد بما اسمعتنی ندآئک و هدیتنی الی صراطک و اریتنی آثار قلمک | Say: O my God, my God! All praise be unto Thee for having caused me to hear Thy Call, and guided me unto Thy Path, and shown me the traces of Thy Pen [3.5s] | BRL_DA#421 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for service; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11809 | 140 | Arabic | قلم الاعلی یحب ان یذکر عباد الله و امائه کلهم و کلها ولکن منع بالظلم | The Supreme Pen yearneth to make mention of all the servants of God, both men and women, yet hath been hindered through oppression [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.026b | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11810 | 140 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل بالحق و انه تنزیل من لدی الله رب العالمین | This is a Book sent down in truth, and verily it is a revelation from God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s] | BRL_DA#243 | Call to action; Law of fasting; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11812 | 138 | Arabic | قد اصبحنا الیوم ناطقا بذکر الله رب العالمین و اذا نزلت الایات قد حضر لدی العرش | We have, on this day, arisen to proclaim the remembrance of God, the Lord of all worlds, and when the verses descended, We stood present before the Throne [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.222 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11813 | 135 | Arabic | اشهد بانک انت ادرکت فجر الکوفه و عشی الکربلا ان اشکر ربک الرحمن بما جعلک | I testify that thou hast witnessed the dawn of Kufa and the eventide of Karbila. Render thanks unto thy Lord, the All-Merciful, for having made thee [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.065 | High station of the true believer; Imagery in the Qur'an; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11814 | 135 | Arabic | یا ایها المشتعل بنار حبی و الناظر الی وجهی و السایر فی البلاد لقربی و لقائی | O thou who art enkindled with the fire of My love, who gazeth upon My countenance and traverseth the lands for My nearness and reunion with Me [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.058 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Nearness and remoteness; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11815 | 133 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی المسجون الی الذی مامنعه ضوضاء العباد عن التقرب الی ربه مالک | This is an epistle from the Prisoner unto him whom the clamor of men hath not hindered from drawing nigh unto his Lord, the Possessor [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.066 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11816 | 131 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی هاجر مع الله الی ان دخل فی السجن الاعظم هذا المقام | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who migrated with God until he entered into the Most Great Prison—this exalted station [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.060b | Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11817 | 131 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی وجد عرف قمیص اسمنا الرحمن و به بلغ الی رضوان | This is a Book from Us unto him who hath inhaled the fragrance of the garment of Our Name, the Most Merciful, and thereby hath attained unto paradise [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.048a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God as sun; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11818 | 130 | Arabic | ان یا رحیم اسمع ندآء ربک الرحیم عن جهه السجن انه لا اله الا هو المقتدر العزیز الکریم | O Rahim! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, from the Prison precincts. Verily, there is none other God but He, the Omnipotent, the Mighty, the All-Bountiful [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.056b | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11821 | 130 | Arabic | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حینئذ حین الذی استشرق شمس ربوبیتک عن افق سماء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I call upon Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy Lordship hath dawned from the horizon of heaven [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.277b, NLAI_BH1.354 | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11822 | 130 | Arabic | قد اتت ایام فیها اضطربت النفوس و تغیرت الوجوه الا من انقطع الی الله و تمسک | The days have come wherein souls are sorely troubled and faces are altered, save those who have detached themselves unto God and held fast [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.025 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11823 | 130 | Arabic | قد حضر احد اغصانی الذی سمی ببدیع الله بکتابک و عرضه امام الوجه اجبناک | One of My branches, who hath been named Badí'u'lláh, appeared before Us with thy letter and laid it before Our presence, whereupon We responded to thee [3.5s] | INBA79.001 | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11825 | 129 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی تمسک بالعروه الوثقی فی هذه الایام التی فیها عمت الابصار | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who hath held fast to the Sure Handle in these days wherein eyes are blinded [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.045 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11826 | 128 | Arabic | ذکری لمن فاز بایامی و اقبل الی شطری و نطق بثنائی لیفرح بعنایات ربه العزیز الحکیم | A remembrance unto him who hath attained unto My days, turned towards My sanctuary and voiced My praise, that he may rejoice in the bounties of his Lord, the Mighty, the All-Wise [3.5s] | BRL_DA#304 | Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11827 | 127 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدن مالک الاسماء الی الذی شرب فی سبیله کاس القضا لیطیر بجناحین | This is an epistle from the Lord of Names unto him who hath quaffed, in His path, the cup of destiny, that he may soar upon twin wings [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.064b | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11828 | 124 | Arabic | قل ان البهاء لاینتظر البدآء فیما قضی له من البلا و لایطلب الفرج و یقول یا الهی | Say: verily Bahá doth not await the beginning of whatsoever tribulation hath been ordained for Him, nor doth He seek deliverance, and He saith: "O my God!" [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.071 | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11829 | 122 | Arabic | قد سمع الله ذکرک و ثنائک ثم ندائک انه یسمع ما یخرج من السن احبائه و انه خیر | God hath heard thy mention and thy praise, then thy call. He, verily, heareth whatsoever proceedeth from the tongues of His loved ones, and He is the Best [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.040 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11830 | 121 | Arabic | ان فی خروج جمال القدم من ارض السر و دخوله فی الحبس الاعظم لایات للامم | Verily, in the departure of the Ancient Beauty from the Land of Mystery and His entrance into the Most Great Prison are signs unto the nations [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.075 | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11832 | 120 | Arabic | طوبی لمن اقبل الی البحر الاعظم الذی کل قطره منه ینادی انه اله السموات و الارضین | Blessed is he who hath turned toward the Most Great Ocean, every drop whereof proclaimeth that He is the God of the heavens and of the earth [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.034a | Chastisement and requital; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Praise and encouragement; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11834 | 119 | Arabic | ان استمع ندائی عن جهه السجن لیجذبک ندآء ربک الرحمن الی مطلع اسمائه الحسنی | Hearken thou to My call from the direction of the Prison, that the call of thy Lord, the All-Merciful, may draw thee to the Dawning-Place of His most beauteous Names [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.047 | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Idle fancies; lust and passion; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11835 | 119 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم لمن اراد ربه و حمل فی سبیله ما لاحمله السابقون | This is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him who seeketh his Lord and hath borne in His path what none before him did bear [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11836 | 112 | Arabic | قل یا ملاء الانشاء تالله الحق قد جائکم البها لیطهرکم عن الهوی و یقربکم الی الله | Say: O Concourse of Creation! By God, the True One, the Glory hath come unto you to purify you from selfish desire and draw you nigh unto God [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.064a | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11838 | 110 | Arabic | ان یا حسین لیس الیوم یوم الاحزان ان استبشر بین ملا الاکوان ثم اصعد بجناحین | O Husayn! This is not a day of sorrow. Rejoice thou amidst the concourse of the worlds, then soar aloft upon two wings [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.049 | BRL_DA#239 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11839 | 110 | Arabic | ان یا طالب ان المطلوب ینادیک و یقول دع الوری عن وراک ثم اشرب حمیا المعانی | O seeker! The Sought One calleth thee and saith: Cast all else behind thee, then quaff the wine of inner meaning [3.5s] | BRL_DA#420 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Praise and encouragement; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11840 | 110 | Arabic | انا نذکر من اقبل الی الله و تمسک بالعروه الوثقی التی اظهرناها بهذا الاسم العظیم | Verily, We make mention of him who hath turned unto God and laid fast hold on the Most Firm Handle which We have manifested through this Most Great Name [3.5s] | BRL_DA#302 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11841 | 110 | Arabic | یا یوسف ان المظلوم یوصیک بالمله البیضاء و الشریعه الغراء نسئل الله تعالی | O Joseph! The Wronged One counseleth thee to embrace the shining Faith and the resplendent Law. We beseech God, exalted be He [3.5s] | BRL_DA#515 | Exhortations and counsels; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11842 | 109 | Arabic | و قد اراد الله خروجک من ارض السر لئلا تسمع فزع الاکبر فی ایام التی اخذ المشرکون | God hath willed thine exodus from the Land of Mystery, lest thou shouldst hear the Great Terror in those days when the ungodly seized control [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.044a | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11843 | 103 | Arabic | ان یا ذبیح لاتنس فضل ربک و لاتلتفت الی البلا لعمری به علا امری فی القرون | O Dhabih! Forget not the bounty of thy Lord, and turn not unto tribulation. By My life, through it hath My Cause been exalted throughout the ages [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.056a | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11845 | 102 | Arabic | ان استمعی تغنی البهاء فی طمطام الوفا ان کنتم من القانتات و لا تلتقی الی احد | Hearken thou unto the melody of Glory in the ocean of faithfulness, if ye be of them that are steadfast, and turn not unto anyone [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.296 | Chastisement and requital; Knowledge; recognition of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11846 | 100 | Arabic | ان یا احمد قد ذکرناک من قبل و عرفناک سبیل الله الواضح المستقیم | O Ahmad! We have indeed made mention of thee aforetime and have shown thee the manifest and straight path of God [3.5s] | BRL_DA#301 | Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11847 | 100 | Arabic | انا نشهد بما شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو اقرارا بوحدانیته و اعترافا بفردانیته و عظمته | We bear witness, even as God Himself hath testified, that there is none other God but Him, in acknowledgment of His oneness and in recognition of His singleness and grandeur [3.5s] | BRL_DA#474 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11848 | 100 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی امه من اماء الله لتجذبها نغمات ربها و تقربها الی موجدها | This is a Book from before Bahá unto one among the handmaidens of God, that the melodies of her Lord may attract her and draw her nigh unto her Creator [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.034b | Consolation and comfort; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11849 | 98 | Arabic | ان یا امتی اسمعی ندائی عن جهه عرشی ثم طیری فی هواء انسی و سیری فی ممالک قربی | O My handmaiden! Hearken unto My call from the direction of My Throne, then soar in the atmosphere of My companionship and traverse the kingdoms of My nearness [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.456a | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11850 | 92 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی الاسیر الی الاسیر لیجعله طائرا فی هواء الاشتیاق علی شان لا تحزنه | This is a Book from the Captive unto the captive, that He may cause him to soar in the atmosphere of yearning in such wise that no sorrow shall afflict him [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.063 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11854 | 80 | Arabic | ان یا غفاری ان یا ایها الغریق فی بحر حبی و الطایر فی هوآء قربی و الناظر الی وجهی | O My All-Forgiving One! O thou who art immersed in the sea of My love, who soarest in the atmosphere of My nearness and gazeth upon My countenance [3.5s] | BRL_DA#207 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11855 | 80 | Arabic | غفاری لا تحزن من الفراق انت ممن وفیت المیثاق انا نحبک کما تحبنا و حبنا | O Ghaffári! Grieve thou not at this separation, for thou art among them that have remained faithful to the Covenant. We love thee even as thou lovest Us, and Our love [3.5s] | BRL_DA#488 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11858 | 60 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی قد اظهر کینونیات الساذجیات و لقد انزلهم فی اراضی الربوبیات | Praise be unto God Who hath manifested the essence of simple beings and hath caused them to descend upon the realms of divine lordship [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.349a | - | - | |||||||||||
| BH11860 | 50 | Arabic | ان یا امتی اسمعی ندآء ربک عن جهه العرش ثم اشکری و | O My handmaiden! Hearken thou unto the call of thy Lord from the direction of the Throne, then render thanks [3.5s] | NLAI_BH1.277a | Praise and encouragement; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Role and station of women; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11864 | 110 | Arabic | انا ندع الامم الی مطلع القدم و نبشر العالم بهذا الاسم الذی به فک ختم رحیق البقآء و انجذب | We summon the nations unto the Dayspring of Eternity and announce unto the world this Name through which the seal of the choice Wine of everlasting life hath been broken and hearts have been drawn [3.5s] | BRL_DA#626, BRL_DA#637 | Call to action; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11865 | 180 | Arabic | قل هذا کاس ملات من رحمه الله فاشربوا منه یا اهل البیان قل هذا کوب موجت فیه | Say: This is a cup filled with the mercy of God; drink ye thereof, O people of the Bayán! Say: This is a chalice wherein surgeth [3.5s] | BRL_DA#621 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fire; Manifestation of God as sun; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11867 | 220 | Arabic | سبحان من له ملک السموات و الارض یبین فی الکتاب احکام کل شیء و یفصل الایات | Glorified be He unto Whom belongeth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth, Who setteth forth in the Book the ordinances of all things and expoundeth the verses [3.5s] | BRL_DA#606 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11869 | 130 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و اله من فی الوجود من الغیب و الشهود اشهدک و من فی | Glorified art Thou, O my God and the God of all who exist in the realm of being, of the unseen and the seen! I bear witness, and those who dwell in [3.5s] | BRL_DA#559 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11879 | 243 | Arabic | اسمعی اطوار ورقه البقا فی سدره المنتهی و قولی بلحن الورقاء سبحان ربی الاعلی | Hearken unto the melodies of the Leaf of Eternity from the Divine Lote-Tree, and speak forth with the accent of the Dove: "Glorified be my Lord, the Most Exalted!" [3.5s] | BRL_DA#635 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11880 | 241 | Arabic | سبحانک یا مسخر الاریاح و فالق الاصباح اسئلک بامرک الذی لایقوم معه شی عما خلق | Glorified art Thou, O Subduer of the winds and Cleaver of the dawn! I beseech Thee by Thy Command, before which no created thing can stand, concerning that which Thou hast created [3.5s] | QUM.079-080 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11883 | 190 | Arabic | قد اتی الامر و ظهر الحکم و نادی المناد امام وجوه العباد الملک لله مالک الایجاد | The Command hath come, the Decree hath been manifested, and the Herald hath proclaimed before the faces of all servants: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the Possessor of Creation!" [3.5s] | Majlis210461.051a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11887 | 155 | Arabic | ان یا محمد قد مضی ایام و ما سمعنا عن طیر قلبک نغمات الحب و ما وجدنا منک روایح | O Muhammad! Days have passed, and We have not heard from the bird of thy heart the melodies of love, nor have We perceived from thee any fragrances [3.5s] | BRL_DA#636 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Presence of; reunion with God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11888 | 150 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف اذکر ما اعطیتنی بجودک و اکرمتنی بفضلک بحیث هدیتنی | Glorified art Thou, O my God! How can I recount that which Thou hast bestowed upon me through Thy bounty and conferred upon me through Thy grace, whereby Thou hast guided me [3.5s] | Majlis210461.051b | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11889 | 141 | Arabic | و انی حینئذ بحول الله و قوته ارید ان افتح ابواب مدینه المعانی بمفاتیح الصمدانی لتطفح | And I, through the power and might of God, do at this moment desire to unlock the gates of the City of Inner Meanings with the divine keys, that they may overflow [3.5s] | BRL_DA#631 | Mystical themes; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11891 | 140 | Arabic | شهد الخادم بوحدانیه الله و فردانیته و بانه هو الاول و الاخر و الظاهر و الباطن | The servant beareth witness to the oneness of God and His singleness, and that He is the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden [3.5s] | QUM.080 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11892 | 140 | Arabic | یا ابن النداف با ابراهیم علیک و علی ابیک و عمک الطاف الله رب العالمین اقبل بقلبک | O Son of the Cotton-Carder! Upon thee, and upon thy father and thine uncle, be the loving-kindness of God, the Lord of all worlds. Turn thou with thy heart [3.5s] | QUM.096x | Chastisement and requital; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11894 | 130 | Arabic | تبارک الذی انزل الایات و اظهر البینات و نطق امام الوجوه بما ارتعدت به فرائص | Blessed is He Who hath sent down the verses and made manifest the clear proofs, and Who hath spoken before all faces that which hath caused limbs to tremble [3.5s] | Majlis210461.052a | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11896 | 117 | Arabic | یا جمالیه علیک بها الله و عنایته و فضله اشهد انک حضرت امام الوجه و فزت بخدمتی | O Jamáliyyih, upon thee rest My Glory of God, My bounties, and My favors. I bear witness that thou didst attain My presence, and wast privileged to serve Me in the daytime and in the night season | QUM.032 | RKS.058-059 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11897 | 110 | Arabic | یا قلم ول وجهک شطر القاف و المیم ثم اذکر فیها اولیاء الله و اصفیائه الذین سمعوا | O Pen! Turn Thy face towards Qáf and Mím, and make mention therein of the chosen ones of God and His sincere servants who have hearkened [3.5s] | QUM.020x, QUM.074-075 | Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11898 | 104 | Arabic | یا ابراهیم انا اردنا ان نذکرک و نذکرک لوجه الله رب العالمین و نوصیک بالامانه | O Ibrahim! Verily, We have desired to make mention of thee and remember thee for the sake of God, the Lord of all worlds, and We counsel thee to trustworthiness [3.5s] | BRL_DA#748 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Personal instructions; Prayer for pilgrims | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11901 | 91 | Arabic | شهد المظلوم بانک اقبلت الی المشعر و المقام و زرت بیت الله الحرام طوبی لک بما | He Who hath been wronged testifieth that thou hast drawn nigh unto the Sacred Place and the Station, and hast visited the House of God, the Sacred Precinct. Blessed art thou inasmuch as [3.5s] | BRL_DA#751 | Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11903 | 90 | Arabic | کتاب نزل بالحق من لدی الله العزیز العلیم و یذکر الناس بما نزل من عنده و یبشرهم | A Book sent down in truth from God, the Mighty, the All-Knowing, which remindeth mankind of that which hath been revealed from His presence and beareth unto them glad tidings [3.5s] | QUM.068 | Importance of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11907 | 68 | Arabic | فیا الهی فی الحین انادیک باسرار عز ربوبیتک و آیات قدس قیومیتک بان تجعل هذه الامه | O my God! At this moment I call upon Thee by the mysteries of the glory of Thy Lordship and the signs of the sanctity of Thy Self-Subsistence, that Thou mayest make this handmaiden [3.5s] | BRL_DA#627 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for women; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11909 | 50 | Arabic | یا ابن حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر السجن و قل لک الحمد یا اله العالمین بما ذکرتنی | O son of Ḥusayn! Give ear unto My call from the direction of the prison and say: Praise be unto Thee, O Lord of all worlds, for having made mention of Me [3.5s] | QUM.059 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11910 | 40 | Arabic | لک الحمد یا فاطر السماء و فالک الاسماء اسئلک ببحر ایاتک بان تویدنی علی الاستقامه علی امرک | Praise be unto Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Fashioner of names! I beseech Thee, by the ocean of Thy verses, to strengthen me in steadfastness unto Thy Cause [3.5s] | Majlis210461.124x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11912 | 160 | Arabic | کتاب من لدی الله العزیز الحکیم الی الذی اذا ارتفع الندا اقبل و قال یا مولی | This is a Tablet from God, the Almighty, the All-Wise, unto him who, when the Call was raised, turned towards it and exclaimed, “Yea, O Lord of all worlds!” | ADMS#305 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11913 | 100 | Arabic | بشر فی نفسک لنفسک ثم اسرر لذاتک فی ذاتک ثم انقطع عن کل ما خلق من قبل و یخلق من | Rejoice in thine inmost soul and exult in the very essence of thy being, then detach thyself from all that hath been created in the past and all that shall be fashioned in the future | ADMS#304 | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH11918 | 270 | Arabic | ان یا باقر قد سمعت ضجیج قلبک و صریخ فوادک و تزلزل سرک و تبلبل جسدک و اجبناک | O Baqir! I have heard the lamentation of your heart, the cry of your inner being, the trembling of your conscience and the agitation of your body, and We have answered you [3.5s] | BRL_DA#792 | Consolation and comfort; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00100 | Alfayn Munajat | 1800 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی ربهم یحشرون اللهم انت الله رب السموات و الارض تعلم کل شیء و لا یخفی علیک شیئ فی السموات و الارض | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the heavens and earth by His command; then shall they who have believed in God and His signs be gathered unto their Lord. O God! Thou art God, Lord of the heavens and earth, Thou knowest all things, and naught in the heavens or earth remaineth concealed from Thee [3.5s]... ...Glory be to Thee, O God! Thou art the God Who hath existed before all things, Who will exist after all things and will last beyond all things… Verily Thou art the Lord of all created things | INBA_5019C:173-188, , PR03.172v13-179r06 | ASAT5.165-167x, HNMJ.096-115, SWBP#42 (p.132-132x) | SWB#43 (p.186-186x), BPRY.150x | Kiya & Parya | Love of God; Predictions and prophecies; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.14, SRC.072, SRC.190, SRC.202 | ||||
| BB00155 | Alfayn: Al-Khutbata’l-Makhtum bi-Ta’bir’n-num | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاستنطاق فی الواح کتاب الافتراق طراز الاشتقاق التی عینت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of utterance in the Tablets of the Book of Separation to be the ornament of derivation that was ordained [3.5s] | INBA98:027.11-033.03, PR02.160r01-161r23, CMB_F21.003.13-008.19#02, , CMB_F23.160r01-162v01 (55), , Berlin3655.092r-095r, BYC_jabar.163.02-165.07 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00030 | Answer to 25 questions of Mulla Ahmad | 6700 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا تفوت ... علی کلشیء قدیرا لاشهدنک و کلشیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the King Who passeth not away, the Sovereign Who changeth not, the Single One Who vanisheth not... powerful over all things. I testify, and all things testify [3.5s]... ...Should a man be endued with knowledge, and behold Thy [God’s] divine verses revealed during earlier times | CMB_F21.196.06-223.18#31, , MKI4494.065 | BAPT.005x, GOH.093-094x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||
| BB00220 | Answer to Haji Muhammad | 910 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تمحص قلوب عباده بما نزل علیهم من آیات کتابه انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و انا ذا فی موقفی هذا اشهد ان لا اله الا الله | Praise be to God Who doth test and purify the hearts of His servants through that which He hath revealed unto them of the verses of His Book. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I, in this My station, do testify that there is no God but God [3.5s]... …I have read your letter and informed myself of what you mentioned In it. I had heard from your companion about the dissension in the holy land [Karbala] | PR07.038r-039r, CMB_F21.108.12-110.19#16, | TZH3.332.06-333.02 | MESSIAH.232x | Contention and conflict; House of Justice; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.096 | ||||||
| BB00186 | Answer to Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-Rashti, on grammar | 1100 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و اذا اراد لشیء فقیل ان یقول له کن فیکون لموجود الحمد لله الذی تجلی للجوهریات بنور طلعته اللازلیه | Glorified be He Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His command, and when He desireth a thing for it to be, He but saith unto it "Be!" and it is. Praise be unto God Who hath revealed Himself unto all essences through the light of His pre-existent Countenance [3.5s] | PR07.039r-040v, CMB_F21.111.02-115.15#17, | Grammar and orthography; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Monasticism; asceticism; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, GOH.206 | |||||||
| BB00218 | Answer to Hasan | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العظمة و الکبریاء... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست اسمائک یا الهی و تولت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed are Thy names, O my God, and exalted [3.5s] | MKI4494.095 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00043 | Answer to Kitabi’l-Adyan | 4500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک القوَة و الفعال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک العظمة و الکبریاء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Strength and the Empyrean, Thine the Might and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Power and the Action, Thine the Example and the Exemplars, Thine the Grandeur and the Majesty [3.5s] | CMB_F21.171.10-189.11#28, , MKI4515.055v-074v | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00524 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 180 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb in Reply to Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاعلم یا اخ الجلیل و اثبت قدمیک علی صراط الله الجمیل و اعرف ان الله سبحانه ما خلق شیئا | Know thou, O noble brother! Plant thy feet firmly upon the beauteous path of God, and know that God, glorified be He, created naught [3.5s] | INBA67:177-178, INBA_4011C:163-164, , PR07.073r-073v | Consolation and comfort; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00521 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali | 180 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی من یشاء بذکره و انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک تری ... و ان ما سئلت من حکم الطاهرة علی الارض الم??دسة فقد اذنت لها من قبل بالخروج لما تقع بها الفتنه هنالک | Praise be to God, Who bestoweth His remembrance upon whomsoever He willeth. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Mighty, the Wise. O my God, how shall I call upon Thee, seeing Thou art the All-Seeing One... As for that which thou hast asked concerning the matter of Tahirih in the sacred land, permission was granted her aforetime to depart when turmoil arose therein [4o] | PR07.030v-030v, BYC_collect3.008-009 | TZH3.331.15-332.05 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00564 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Nahri va Rafiqih | 140 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تجلی للعباد بنور عزته المتشعشعة من وجه الجلال بلا مثل و لا شبه فی حکم الفؤاد و لا الجلال | Praise be to God who was revealed to the servants by the light of His glory radiating from the face of majesty, with no peer or likeness in the station of the inmost heart nor the concealed beauty | INBA91:152.12-153.08, PR04.194v08-194v16, MKI4499.124a | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00158 | Answer to Mirza Muhammad Yazdi | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الذی لا اله الا هو العلی العظیم والصلوة من الله علی محمد و اوصیائه کماهو اهله انه هو العلی الحکیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, beside Whom there is no God, the Most High, the Most Great. May the blessings of God rest upon Muhammad and His chosen ones, as befitteth His grace, for verily He is the Most High, the All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA14:452-459, INBA67:160-165, INBA_4011C:149-156, , INBA_6006C:083-085, , PR07.069v-072r | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.192? | ||||||||
| BB00510 | Answer to Mirza Sulayman | 200 | Arabic | Tablet of Divine Courage | بسمه العلی الاعلی. بسمه العلی الاعلی الذی جعله الله عنده مطاعا مکر ما دام مجدا جعلت | In the Name of Him Who is the Most Exalted, the Most High, Whom God hath made to be obeyed and honored, endued with majesty [3.5s] | AVK3.415x | Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||||
| BB00102 | Answer to Mulla Abdu'l-Jalil on 20 questions | 1800 | Arabic | Tablet of Twenty Questions Revealed by the Báb and Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Jalíl Urūmī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد توحد بالعزة و تقدس بالکبریاء لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم اشهدک اللهم یا الهی فی ذلک الیوم من شهر الصیام الذی قد شرفته و فضلته و جعلته هدی للعالمین | Praise be to God Who hath been distinguished by might and sanctified by grandeur. There is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. I bear witness before Thee, O my God, on this day of the month of fasting, which Thou hast honored and exalted and made a guidance unto all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA91:111.03-121.01, INBA_5019C:300-304, , PR04.015v13-020v04 | HBAB.167x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Power of prayer; Prayer for fasting; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.01, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00154 | Answer to Mulla Asadu’llah-i-Qazvini | 1200 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Asadu'lláh Qazvíní, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الابداع لا من ابداع قبله و اخترع الاختراع لا من اختراع بعده ثم جعل القدر | Praised be to God Who originated the Formative Genesis (ibtida` al-ibda`), not from any prior formative genesis | PR07.040v-042v, CMB_F21.115.18-120.16#18, | TZH3.013.02-016.11 | HURQ.BB27x | Creation of the world; Degrees of faith; certitude; Free will and predestination; fate; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meditation; Miracles and their interpretation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||
| BB00123 | Answer to Mulla Javad-i-Qazvini | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی افتتح الکتاب بذکرک و ثنآء نفسک لا اله الا انت و لا یعلم احد کیف انت الا انت | O God! I commence this Book with Thy remembrance and praise of Thine own Self. There is no God but Thee, and none knoweth how Thou art save Thee [3.5s] | INBA91:102.03-111.02, PR04.195r02-200r04 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00140 | Answer to Mulla Rajab-‘Ali | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یتفضل علی من یشآء تذکره و یشکره علی جزاء ثنائه بما وعد فی کتابه فله الحمد حمدا لیشهد له بما شهد له نفسه | Praise be to God Who graciously bestoweth His remembrance upon whomsoever He willeth, and rewardeth with gratitude those who praise Him, even as He hath promised in His Book. Unto Him be all praise - praise that testifieth to that which He hath testified of His own Self [3.5s] | PR07.036v-038r, CMB_F21.120.18-126.08#19, | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00088 | Answer to Navvab-i-Hindi | 2000 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الاسماء فی مبدء الاشتقاق طراز الف الاستنطاق الذی تکعب بالحرفین و استقام فی ظرفی الامرین الذی لاح عن لوح الابداع | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of Names at the source of derivation to be the ornament of the Alif of utterance, which was formed through two letters and stood firm in the vessel of the two commands, shining forth from the tablet of creation [3.5s]... ...Verily, that which We sprinkled upon thee out of the ocean of Names and Attributes is due to the sweet melodies of This Bird | INBA98:011.05-020.06, PR02.163v24-165v28, Berlin3655.110v-114v | NSS.050-055 | GOH.080x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00313 | Answer to one of the believers | 590 | Arabic | Báb's Epistle of Consolation and Counsel to a Beloved Follower, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل المجرة لسطوع طلوع شمس الرحمة لیدلعن کل الالسن فی تلک الطلعات الصماء الدهماء العمیاء بثناء طلعة حضرة الربوبیة فی صورة الانزعیه والنور الالهیه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the starry expanse for the dawning splendor of the Sun of Mercy, that every tongue might be moved, amidst these deaf, dark and sightless manifestations, to extol the Countenance of Divine Lordship in its most glorious form and celestial light [3.5s] | INBA98:020.10-023.07, PR02.166r02-166v12, CMB_F21.001.01-003.11#01, , Berlin3655.114v-116r | Love of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||||
| BB00226 | Answer to Sayyid Ahmad-i-Aqazadih | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشآء من عباده لیبعث یوم الحساب فاشهد الله فی وسط الجبال موقف | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, that they might be raised up on the Day of Reckoning. I bear witness unto God, from amidst the mountains [3.5s] | PR07.029r-030v, CMB_F21.127.07-131.05#21, , BYC_collect3.002-008 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00031 | Answer to seven questions | 6500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی استشرق ما اشرق و اطلع ما اطلع و الاح ما الاح و جعل الاستنطاق حرف الاشتقاق فی مبدء الافتراق | Praise be to God Who hath caused to shine forth that which hath shone forth, and caused to rise that which hath risen, and made to gleam that which hath gleamed, and made utterance to be the letter of derivation at the beginning of separation [3.5s] | PR02.168v08-173v09 | Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Prayer for protection; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00146 | Answer to Shaykh ‘Ali | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان الله هو السلام و منه السلام و علیه السلام و الیه یرفع السلام سبحانه و تعالی لا اله الا هو ثم السلام فی السلام عن السلام الی السلام محمد رسول الله صلی الله علیه و آله سر احرف التوحید | Verily God is Peace, and from Him cometh Peace, and upon Him resteth Peace, and unto Him ascendeth Peace - glorified and exalted be He! There is no God but Him. Then Peace within Peace, from Peace unto Peace - Muhammad, the Apostle of God, upon Him and His kindred be Peace - the Mystery of the letters of Unity [3.5s] | ASAT4.370x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00067 | Answer to Shaykh Nasiru'd-Din Karbila'i | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسمه العلی الاعلی الاعظم الاکبر الارفع الاظهر. حمداً لمن استوی علی عرش فردانیته و تقدس بقدس قدوس کبریائیته | Praise be unto Him Who is established upon the throne of His singleness, and Who hath sanctified Himself with the holiness of His exalted divinity [3.5s]... ...As for what thou did ask regarding the clarification of the issue of pre-existence and the origination of things. There is no doubt that the pre-existence of the eternal Divine Essence | PR02.060r08-063r10, CMB_F21.065.17-077.06#09, | HURQ.BB38x | Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||||
| BB00519 | Answer to Siyyid Ahmad Aqa-Zadih | 190 | Arabic | Prayer Revealed by the Báb for the Son of Siyyid Kazim Rashti, A | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا صغیر السن یا رطب البدن یا قریب العهد من شرب اللبن الحمد لله الذی انشاء ما فی السموات و الارض بامره | O thou who art young in years, tender of body, and freshly weaned from thy mother's milk! Praise be to God, who hath, through His command, brought into being whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth [4o] | CMB_F21.126.10-127.04#20, , BYC_collect3.001-002 | MUH1.0671-0672, NSS.082b | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||
| BB00085 | Answer to the Mufti of Baghdad | 2200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما انا کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و فی الارض و ما بینهما انا کل له عالدون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and verily, we are all bow down in adoration before Him. And praise be unto God, before Whom boweth down whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them—verily, we are all worshippers before Him. God beareth witness [3.5s] | MBA.302-308x | Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Return of the Manifestations of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.097 | ||||||||
| BB00383 | Answer to the son of Mulla ‘Ali-i-Nuri (Kayfiyyata’l-Mi’raj) | 410 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb on the Mi'rāj of the Prophet Muhammad, Addressed to Mīrzá Ḥasan Nūrī | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور المشیة لها بها لیعرفن کل الممکنات | Praise be to God Who hath manifested Himself within and through existing realities by virtue of the theophany of His Divine Will | INBA14:390-392, INBA40:197-198, INBA53:402-404, INBA69:416-418, INBA_6010C:388-390, , CMB_F21.104.19-106.11#14, , Berlin3655.120v-121v | ESCH.397 | HURQ.BB13x | Limits of the intellect; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.080, SRC.194 | |||||
| BB00318 | as-Silsilatu'th-Thamaniyya | 590 | Arabic | Inquiry and Revelation | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. و لقد ورد الی الیوم کتاب من عبدالله عبدالجلیل فاعلم یا ایهاالواقف علی خط القیم در حاشیه شبیه خط مبارک | Verily, there hath come unto me this day a letter from 'Abdu'llah 'Abdu'l-Jalil. Know thou, O thou who art acquainted with the sacred script, that in the margin there appeareth that which resembleth the blessed handwriting [3.5s] | INBA14:503-506, INBA67:169-172, INBA69:434-437, INBA_4011C:156-159, , INBA_5006C:365-367, , INBA_6004C:198-200, , INBA_6006C:085-087, , PR07.071v-072r, AEWB.217-221, | NSS.073-075 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Outward and inward meanings; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.192x2 | ||||||
| BH02183 | Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | 400 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) | اصل کل الخیر هو الاعتماد علی الله و الانقیاد لامره و الرضاء لمرضاته اصل الحب | The source of all good is trust in God, submission unto His command, and contentment with His holy will and pleasure. | INBA36:170, INBA30:039, BLIB_Or15714.155, , NLI.32p026r, OSAI I.MMS | AVK1.014.09x, AVK3.003.04x, AVK3.161.13x, ZYN.036, AHM.044, MJMM.033, TZH4.224, NSR_1993.083, TBP#10, OOL.B002 | TB#10, SW_v04#10 p.171, SW_v06#16 p.121, SW_v07#18 p.185-186, SW_v14#04 p.099-100, BSC.158 #155-163 | Y. Mesbah, E. Mahony, Pradheep, Shayna, Shafireh & Prasad, Soulrise Melodies | A brief collection of moral maxims, summarizing the essence of faith, love, wisdom, religion, wealth … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Love of God; Thankfulness; gratitude; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Words vs deeds | 1b | * | * | MMAH.194, GSH.210, LL#008 | |
| BB00234 | Ayati allati Nuzzilat fi Yaumi’l-‘Arafa | 880 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاعرف الاعرف قد خلقت کل شیء لیعرفنی ثم لیعبدتنی و لا یشرکن بی احد و قد ارسلت الرسل من قبل لیوم ظهوری | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Most Knowing, the Most Knowing. I have created all things that they may know Me and worship Me, and none shall join partners with Me. And I did send forth the Messengers before for the Day of My Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.177-180, BYC_misc-b.126a06-130a04 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God as mediator; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Saddening another soul | - | - | AHDA.461.02? | ||||||||
| BB00249 | Bayan 'illati Tahrimi'l-Maharim | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد الله کشهادته لنفسه ان لا اله الا هو و هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لمحمد و احبائه سلام الله علیهم کما شاءالله | I bear witness before God, even as He beareth witness unto His Own Self, that there is none other God but Him, and He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness unto Muhammad and His loved ones - the peace of God be upon them - as God hath willed [3.5s] | INBA14:499-502, INBA67:165-169, INBA_4011C:159-163, , INBA_5006C:352, , INBA_6006C:087?, , INBA_6010C:493-496, , PR07.072r-073r, AEWB.212-216, | HURQ.BB09x | Creation of the world; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Law of divorce; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation | - | - | SRC.072, SRC.184 | |||||||
| BB00325 | Bayan al-Taqarub wa Taba'ud | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقوم الاقوم - یا القدیم الاقوم. الذی لا اله الا هو العظیم الادوم شاءالله ان ینشاء سر اسم الاعظم فی هذا اللوح المعظم للرجال ....... لا تخف و لا تحزن فانا مع المحسنین و لمثل هذا فلنجری العاملین والحمد لله رب العالمین | He is God, the Most Great, the Ever-Enduring! God hath willed to manifest the mystery of the Most Great Name in this most exalted Tablet unto men... Fear not, neither be thou grieved, for verily We are with the doers of good, and thus shall they that strive be requited. All praise be unto God, the Lord of all worlds [3.5s] | INBA14:459-462, INBA53:077-079, INBA67:179-181, INBA_4011C:141-145, , INBA_5006C:348-350, , INBA_6004C:187-189, , INBA_6006C:080-081, , INBA_6010C:455-458, , PR07.067v-068v, AEWB.226-230, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Nearness and remoteness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||||
| BB00219 | Bayan dar Jabr wa Tafwid (fi bayan-i-mas'alati'l-Qadar) | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال الله تعالی الذی خلق فسوی والذی قدر فهدی و قال الصادق لا جبر و لا تفویض بل امر بین الامرین فاعلم ان هذه المسئله لما سد الله معرفته عن العقول والنفوس والارواح | God spoke forth Who created all that is other than Him and thus foreordained and proffered guidance. And [likewise] al-Ṣādiq said when God blocked the gnosis of this matter | INBA14:479-483, INBA53:053-056, INBA67:134-138, INBA_4011C:110-115, , INBA_5006C:375-377, , INBA_6004C:192-195, , INBA_6006C:067-069, , INBA_6010C:473-477, , PR07.059v-061r | ASAT4.473x | HURQ.BB41x | Free will and predestination; fate; Limits of the intellect; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | MMAH.018, SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||
| BB00244 | Bayan fi 'Ilm al-Jawamid wa'l-Mushtaqat | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد اولیآئه بالمحامد العظمآء و توحد ابوابه فی علم الجوامد الکبریآء الذی قد نعت | Praise be to God Who hath singled out His chosen ones by sublime glorification and hath unified His gates in the knowledge of supreme grandeur [3.5s] | INBA67:130-134, INBA_5006C:350-352, , INBA_6006C:081-083, , PR07.068v-069v | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.184 | ||||||||
| BB00020 | Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan) | 12400 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Báb's Bayan, The; Arabic Bayan, The; Gate of the Heart | Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan) | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون قد خلقتک و رزقتک و امتک و احببتک و بعثتک و جعلتک مظهر نفسی لتتلون من عندی ایاتی و لتدعون کل من خلقته الی دینی هذا صراط عز منیع و خلقت کل شیء | Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. | INBA43:001-068, INBA86:001-064, INBA_4002C, , BN_4669, MKI44872x, MKI4511.079v-147v, KB_bayan-ara, HBH_bayana, BYC_bayan-ara, BYC_three.097-107x | ASH.373-406, AHDA.465x, SWBP#20 (p.111-112x), OOL.A002 | SWB#20 (p.158-159x), BAPT.040-101, GOH.261x, GOH.284x, GOH.353x, HURQ.BB56x, BLO_PT#009, KSHK#12x | C. Serrano (8:10) | A condensed form of the Persian Bayán, written in the language of divine verses. While much shorter … | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Contention and conflict; Law of burial and cremation; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 3 | * | - | AHDA.443.2, MMAH.006, SRC.085, SRC.181, GOH.035, GOH.285, GOH.368 | see also BB00001 Persian Bayan |
| AB11572 | Cablegram | 10 | Arabic | اسلوا الکروسه سریعاً مرادنا ان نذهب الی العدسیه و ترجع الی حیفا عباس | Send the carriage swiftly; we intend to proceed to 'Addasiyyih and return to Haifa. 'Abbas [3.5s] | ZSM.1916-09-22 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH04496 | Commentary on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah | 210 | Arabic | قل ان العلم فی رتبه الامکان هو نفس المعلوم و فی الذات لایعلمه الا هو کذلک | Say: Knowledge, in the realm of contingent being, is identical with that which is known, and in the Divine Essence none knoweth it save He. Thus hath it been decreed [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#321, | SFI05.012, YMM.207 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Procession; appearance of the Word from God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00351 | Da’irat’il-Hirz | 480 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الرفیع المکین. حمداً لمن خلق الکل علی هیکل محبته و عرف الکل ملک ارادته لئلا یحتجب احد عن طلعة محبوبه و لا یبعد شیء عن مقام قرب مقصوده | Praise be unto Him who hath fashioned all creation in the form of His love and made them aware of the kingdom of His will, so that none might be veiled from the countenance of their Beloved, nor anything be removed from the station of nearness to His purpose [4o] | CMB_F21.063.17-065.15#08, | Da'iras and haykals; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.457.08, MMAH.017 | ||||||||
| BB00066 | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (The Seven Proofs - Arabic) | 2700 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Dala'il-i-Sab'ih (Seven Proofs - Arabic) | بسم الله الافرد الافرد. بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفرد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفارود الفارد بسم الله الفرد الفراد بسم الله الفرد الفرود | In the name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the One, the Peerless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless. In the Name of God, the Unique, the Supreme. In the Name of God, the Singular, the Matchless [4o] | INBA_2007C:01a-13b, , PR02.101v10-104r18x, CMB_F22.092b?, , HBH_dalail=DLLS, BYC_saba-a | DLLS, OOL.A005a | HURQ.BB54x | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.447, BRHL.63, BRHL.65, MSBR.204-205?, AHDA.447.8, MMAH.066, SRC.087-088, SRC.185, GOH.035 | ||||
| BB00522 | Du'a Hajat | 180 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Translation List; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انزل علی رحمتک فان لک الرحمة کلها اللهم صل على محمد حبیبک و الانبیآء | O Lord! Send down Thy mercy upon me, for verily all mercy is Thine.... O Lord! Unto Thee I repair for refuge and toward all Thy signs I set my heart. O Lord! Whether traveling or at home | INBA64:017.13-024.03 | SWBP#50 (p.137-137(a)x) | SWB#51 (p.193-193(a)x), BPRY.055, ADMS#143 | L. Slott, Kiya & Parya, Nabilinho, Refuge, E. Mahony, B. Khademi, S. Gould, Strong Steep, E. Kuitunen, Ladjamaya, D. Khavari, D. Sylvester, Rosalynd & Pascal, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, C. Signori, M. Stamper, K. Porray, S. Jaberi (?), Bea & Arthur Joy, Juliet & Amelia | Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||
| BB00341 | Du'a Tawassul | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یا الهی کیف اثنی علیک بعد علمی بقطع الکل عن عرفانک و کیف لا ادعوک و ان فؤادی لم تستقر الا بذکرک | Praise be unto God Who sends down whatsoever He Willeth through a command on His part. Praise be He and Exalted be He above whatsoever they do assert | INBA64:013.12-017.10, PR02.053r01-053r29, PR03.128v21-129r23, BYC_jabar.168.07-169.13 | KHSH6.008 | HURQ.BB37 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00048 | Du'a-yi Alif | 3800 | Arabic | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انک لم تزل لن تعرف بسواک و لا تزال .... | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. O my God! How can I call upon Thee, when Thou hast ever been unknowable except through Thine own Self, and shalt ever thus remain [3.5s]... ...I have not claimed a single word of revelation. They say, “He has laid claim to spiritual authority and its trappings.” | PR02.135v06-139r25 | ASAT1.179-182 | MNP.088x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#012x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.067-068, SRC.185 | |||||
| BH04458 | Du'a-yi-Haykal | 210 | Arabic | Haykal (pentacle talisman) and da'ira (circle) | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی به تجلیت علی کل الاشیاء بکل الاسماء و | Glory be unto Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the Name whereby Thou hast shed the glory of Thine effulgence unto all things in all of Thy names | ADM1#029 p.069, MUH1.0415-0417n | JHT_S#021 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | Prayer inscribed in the pentacle of the du'a | ||||||
| BB00139 | Du’a’ ‘ala ‘Adadi Ismi’l-Uluhiyya | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاعظم الاعظم و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول و من یشابه ذلک الواحد حین لا یری فیه الاالله الواحد الاقدم وبعد هذا دعاء علی عدد اسم الالوهیة مع عدد اسم الله الوحید | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Most Great, the Most Great! And verily, the glory from God be upon the first Vahid and upon him who resembleth that Vahid when naught can be seen therein save God, the One, the Most Ancient. And following this is a prayer according to the number of the Name of Divinity together with the number of the Name of God, the One [3.5s] | MKI4494.108 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00117 | Du’a’ ‘ala’l-Abavayn min’ar’Rabb | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الارضی الارضی. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک المثل و لاامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | CMB_F14.124r10-129r08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00141 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم اسئلک باخریتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تخذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God, I beseech Thee by Thy lastness, exalted above all else, to abase every soul that cleaveth unto the tree of denial [4o] | INBA_6007C.085-090, CMB_F14.136r05-140r08, | Belief and denial; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00143 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تهلکن کل ذات الف ینسب الی الشجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to bring to naught every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.006a02-012a01 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00148 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by Thy FIrstness, which verily is exalted [3.5s] | CMB_F14.144v04-148v09, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00161 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تعذبن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to chastise every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation [3.5s] | INBA82:016-025, BYC_misc-b.035a05-040b07 | Justice and wrath of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00178 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بازلیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تبدلن کل ذات الف | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth all else, to transform every possessor of the letter Alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.276-282, CMB_F14.185r07-189r05, | Fire and light; fire and water; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00180 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان تذلن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة النفی باستقلال سلطنتک | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to abase every being possessing the letter Alif that claimeth association with the Tree of Negation, through Thy sovereign might [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.001a04-005b11 | Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00189 | Du’a’ ‘ala’n-Nafyi’n-Nafy | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بما قد خلقت کل شیء له علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou didst create all things unto Him, that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | CMB_F14.148v10-152v01, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00328 | Du’a’ a’l-Ayyam (Prayers for the days of the week) | 550 | Arabic | هو الصمد. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا کائن یا متکون و یا ازل یا متازل و یا قدم یا متقدم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O Thou Who art Being and Bringer of Being, Who art Eternity and Source of Eternity, Who art Ancient and Most Ancient [3.5s] | LEID.Or4971-6, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.461.01b | ||||||||
| BB00230 | Du’a’ a’l-Vajib | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاسالنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یؤمن | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things in its inaccessible heights, to aid every soul that believeth [3.5s] | INBA58:134.01-141.04 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00256 | Du’a’ fi avvali kulli laylin min shahri’llah | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا لا اله الا انت ببهاء لا اله الا انت اذ لا اله الا انت ان تصلین علی حرف الباء بما انت علیه من بها لا اله الا انت انک کنت ذا فضل عظیما | O God! I beseech Thee, O Thou besides Whom there is none other God, by the splendor of "There is no God but Thee"—when there is none other God but Thee—to shower Thy blessings upon the Letter B through that glory which is Thine—There is no God but Thee! Verily, Thou art the Lord of surpassing bounty [3.5s] | CMB_F14.156r10-158v03, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as sun; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00599 | Du’a’ fihi ismu’l-A’zam | 80 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رب یا رحمن یا منیع یا قدوس یا هو یا عزیز یا محبوب یا قاهر یا ظاهر یا فرد یا ممتنع یا مهیمن یا قیوم یا قائم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Lord, O Most Merciful, O Inaccessible, O Most Holy, O He, O Mighty One, O Best-Beloved, O All-Compelling, O Manifest, O Single, O Inaccessible, O All-Subduing, O Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | CMB_F14.201r07-201r10, | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Prayer for spiritual recognition | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00190 | Du’a’ li-avvali man amana bi’llah va man qad sa’ida bihi ila’llah | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت الواحد الاحد الصمد الفرد الحی القیوم المعتمد الذی لم تلد و لم تولد و لم یکون لک کفو و لا عدل و لا شبه و لا قرین | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, the One, the Single, the Self-Subsisting, the Alone, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the All-Sufficient, Who hath neither begotten nor been begotten, and unto Whom there is no peer, nor equal, nor likeness, nor partner [3.5s] | CMB_F14.162v03-166r04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00041 | Du’a’ li-Hadrat-i-Ni’ma | 5000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک اشهدک حینئذ بتوحیدی ایاک و اقراری بازلیتک و ایقانی بوحدانیتک بجوهر کافور ذاتیتی و مجرد ظهور کینونیتی و منتهی غایات خفیات انیتی ... قل هو الله احد الله الصمد لم یلد و لم یولد و لم یکن له کفوا احد بلی انک انت الله | Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! I testify unto Thee at this moment, through my unity with Thee and my confession of Thine eternity and my certitude of Thy oneness, by the essence of the camphor of my reality, the pure manifestation of my being, and the uttermost boundaries of the hidden signs of my identity... Say: He is God, the One! God, the Self-Subsisting! He begetteth not, nor is He begotten, and there is none like unto Him. Yea, verily, Thou art God [3.5s] | CMB_F14.005v03-021v02, , BN_6518 p.307v, BYC_tablets.018.11-036.06 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00024 | Du’a’ li-Huruf-i-Bismi’llahi’r-Rahmani’r-Rahim | 9400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرهما و مصورهما و مبدعهما و منشئهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, their Ordainer, their Fashioner, their Originator and their Author. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, unique, eternal, ever-living and self-subsisting [3.5s] | CMB_F14.027v09-057r04, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00028 | Du’a’ li-Hurufi Bismillahi’l-Amna’i’il-Aqdas | 7500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت منفرداً فی ملیک القدس والجلال و لا تزال کنت مرتفعاً فی علو سماء القدس والاجلال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever dwelt alone in Thy dominion of sanctity and majesty, and wilt evermore remain exalted in the celestial heights of holiness and glory [3.5s] | CMB_F14.060v10-083v08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; God's love for His own Essence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454-455, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00162 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان ترفعن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to elevate every being possessing the letter Alif that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.012a03-018a08 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00177 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک التی انها هی مرتفعة فوق کل شیء ان توجدن شجرة الاثبات و ما ینسب الیها | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thine eternity which transcendeth every created thing, to bring forth the Tree of Affirmation and all that pertaineth thereunto [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.080-084, CMB_F14.132r10-136r03, | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00192 | Du’a’ li-Ithbati’l-ithbat | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما استشهدتنی علیه من شهادة ان لا اله الا انت و ان حروف الواحد اقرب اسمائک الیک فی کتابک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto that whereunto Thou hast called me to testify - that there is none other God but Thee, and that the Letters of Unity [Vahid] are Thy Names nearest unto Thee in Thy Book [3.5s] | CMB_F14.152v03-156r08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00095 | Du’a’ li-Man Yuzhiruhu’llah | 1900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت الله لا اله الا انت رب السموات و رب الارض رب کل شیء لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth, Lord of all things. From time immemorial Thou hast been One God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, Self-Sustaining, eternal [3.5s] | MKI4494.045, BYC_pray.166.15-176.02 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00169 | Du’a’ li'lladhina ‘araju | 1200 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل انک انت خالق کل شیء و رازقه و ممیت کل شیء و محییه لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً حکماً عدلاً قدوساً دائماً ابداً معتمداً | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou hast ever been the Creator and Provider of all things, the One Who causeth all things to die and giveth them life. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Unique, Self-Subsisting, Ever-Living, All-Compelling, All-Wise, Just, Most Holy, Eternal, Everlasting [3.5s]... ...How numerous the souls raised to life who were exposed to dire humiliation in Thy Path for exalting Thy Word | CMB_F14.158v05-162v01, | SWBP#45 (p.134-134x) | SWB#46 (p.188-189x) | Importance of prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||
| BB00127 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان نحفظن و تغنین کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقدرتک علی کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which is exalted above all things, to preserve and enrich every soul possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation, through Thy power over all things [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.282-288, CMB_F14.189r07-194r01, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00142 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بالوهیتک التی انها هی مستضیئة فوق کل شیء ان ترحمن و تکرمن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات بقیومیتک التی انها هی متقومة فوق کل شیء | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity, which illumineth all things from on high, that Thou mayest vouchsafe Thy mercy and confer Thy bounties upon every soul that is associated with the Tree of Affirmation, by Thy Self-Subsistence, which standeth supreme above all things [4o] | INBA82:025-035, BYC_misc-b.040b09-046b03 | Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00144 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک باولیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف ینسب الی شجرة الاثبات | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Firstness, which verily transcendeth all things, to grant victory unto every being possessing the letter Alif that is related to the Tree of Affirmation [3.5s] | CMB_F14.140r10-144v02, | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.458, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00681 | Du’a’ li’l-Ithbat | 830 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم رب لأسئلنک بأولیتک التی هي ممتنعة فوق کل شيء أن تنصرن کل ذات الف تنسب إلی شجرة الحق بقدرتک على کل شيء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee by Thine Own Primal Nature, which transcendeth and standeth far above all things, to aid every being marked with the letter Alif who is connected to the Tree of Truth, through Thy power over all things [3.5s] | MKI4515.037v-041v | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00254 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Abyad | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من اسمائک باعظمها و کل اسمائک عظمیه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the mightiest of Thy Names, though all Thy Names are mighty in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s] | CMB_F14.223r04-225v09, | Angels; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00227 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Ahmar | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک عن الوهیتک باعظمها و کل الوهیتک عظمه عندک | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Divinity in its most glorious manifestation, and all Thy divinity is glorious in Thy sight [3.5s] | CMB_F14.233r10-236v05, | Angels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.462, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00181 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Akhdar | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک من ابدیتک بتابدها و کل ابدیتک متابدة عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب اللهم انی اسئلک بابدیتک کلها | O God! I beseech Thee by Thine Eternity in its perpetuity, and verily all Thine eternity is everlasting in Thy presence and in the Mother Book. O my God! I beseech Thee by Thine eternity in its entirety [3.5s] | CMB_F14.229v01-233r09, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00212 | Du’a’ li’n-Nuri’l-Asfar | 940 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من الوهیتک باعظمها او کل الوهیتک عظیمه عندک ثم فی ام الکتاب | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by that which is most exalted in Thy Divinity, though verily all Thy Divinity is supremely great in Thy sight and in the Mother Book [3.5s] | CMB_F14.225v10-229r10, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00069 | Du’a’ li’s-Sab’a | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره و انه لعزیز حکیم یا الهی ان وجودک اعلی وجود لایشابهه شیء و ان وجودی ادنی وجود لایساویه شیء | Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth, and verily He is the Mighty, the All-Wise. O my God! Verily Thy Being is the most exalted of all being, naught can be likened unto it, and my being is the lowliest of all being, naught can equal it [3.5s] | INBA67:109-121, INBA78:105-138, INBA82:035-053, INBA98:001.03-011.02, PR03.043v-043vx, BN_6518 p.320v, MKI4511.014b-017x, BYC_tablets.042.10-052.04 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00417 | Du’a’ li’sh-Shajarati’l-Ula va man i’sta'zalla fi zillih | 360 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. لتصلین اللهم رب علی شجرة وحدانیتک و لتنزلن اللهم علیها ما ینبغی لعلو جودک و ملیک عز صمدانیتک | O Lord, my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Tree of Thy Unity, and rain down upon it that which befitteth the loftiness of Thy bounty and the sovereignty of Thy divine Oneness [3.5s] | CMB_F14.213v04-214v05, | Letters of the Living; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00260 | Du’a’-i-Manuchihr Khan | 760 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | اللهم ان فضلک کان على قدر مسکنتى و ان عفوک کان على قدر معصیتى فانت تعلم یا الهى ... یا الهی انت الحق لم تزل و ما سواک محتاج فقیر و انا ذا یا الهی انقطعت عن کل الناس بالتوسل الی حبلک | O my God! Thy bounty hath ever been equal to my poverty, and Thy forgiveness hath ever been equal to mine iniquity. Thou knowest, O my God... O my God! Thou art the Truth and hast ever been, and all else beside Thee is needy and poor. And here am I, O my God, detached from all mankind through my clinging to Thy cord [3.5s]... …Throughout eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord, and wilt ever remain the One true God, while all else save Thee | TZH3.277.09-15-279.18, HNMJ.001-002x, SWBP#52 (p.137-138x) | SWB#53 (p.194-194x) | almunajat.com [item 3] | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00096 | Du’a’-i-Muttasil bi-Salat | 1900 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء و لا تزال انک کائن بعد فناء کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all that lieth between. Thou hast ever existed before all things, and Thou shalt continue to exist after the extinction of all things [4o] | INBA58:121.05-130.07, PR03.071v19-073v19, MKI4511.053v-064v, BYC_collect3.094-102 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00404 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali | 380 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم تزل کنت قاهراً علی کل شیء و ظاهراً فوق کل شیء و قائماً علی کل شیء و قادراً علی کل شیء و مهیمناً علی کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast ever been supreme over all things, manifest above all things, standing over all things, powerful over all things, and dominant over all things [3.5s] | INBA58:097.14-099.10, PR03.074r16-074v06, BYC_collect3.065-066 | The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00453 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Ali Ibn-i-Husayn | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف استعرجن الی جو هواء قدسک و استصعدن الی بساط فضل انسک و استصفن | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy holy presence, and soar upward to the threshold of intimate fellowship with Thee, and attain unto purity [3.5s] | INBA58:104.14-106.05, PR03.075v15-076r04, BYC_collect3.077-073 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00438 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-‘Askari | 320 | Arabic | Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت اله کل الهة فی ملکوت الارض والسموات و انک انت رب کل الارباب فی ملکوت الاسماء والصفات لم تزل کنت کائناً قبل کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the God of all gods in the kingdoms of earth and heaven, and Thou art the Lord of all lords in the realms of names and attributes. From time immemorial Thou hast existed before all things [3.5s] | INBA58:115.11-117.06, PR03.078r07-078r27, BYC_collect3.083-084 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00449 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Baqir | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت بدیع السموات و الارض ذوالقوة و البهآء و ذوالعزة والضیآء و ذوالعظمة | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Lord of might and splendor, of majesty and radiance [3.5s] | INBA58:106.07-107.13, PR03.076r05-076r23, BYC_collect3.073-075 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00380 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Fatimih | 420 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل الامر والخلق لم یزل لم یکن لک شبه و لا مثل و لا کفو و لا عدل و لا قرین فسبحانک من ان یرتقی الی جو هواء قدسک اعلی جواهر الممکنات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and the Ordainer of both command and creation. Never hath there been any like unto Thee, nor any equal, nor any peer, nor any companion. Glorified art Thou! The most exalted essences of contingent beings can never ascend to the atmosphere of Thy sanctity [3.5s] | INBA58:099.12-101.11, PR03.074v08-075r03, BYC_collect3.066-068 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00452 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Hasan | 300 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت محبوبی فی ملکوت الامر والخلق و مقصودی فی جمیع مظاهر البدع و الامر ماعبدت الا ایاک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art verily my Beloved in the kingdoms of command and creation, and my sole Desire throughout all manifestations of creation and decree. None have I worshipped but Thee alone [3.5s] | INBA58:101.12-103.01, PR03.075r04-075r19, BYC_collect3.068-070 | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00395 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Husayn | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت نورالسموات و الارض و ما بینهما لم یزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة ولا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single, peerless, eternal, ever-living, self-subsisting. Thou hast taken neither consort nor offspring unto Thyself [3.5s] | INBA58:103.02-104.12, PR03.075r21-075v13, BYC_collect3.070-072 | Imam Husayn; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00450 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Javad | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما و مقدرما فی ملکوت الامر والخلق دونهما لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً فرداً صمداً حیاً قیوماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and the Ordainer of all that existeth in the realms of command and creation [and of whatever is] other than them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living [3.5s] | INBA58:112.11-114.01, PR03.077r28-077v16, BYC_collect3.080-081 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00451 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Kazim | 300 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم انک انت مجلی کل شیء بنورک و مجذب کل شیء بلحظات قربک لاسئلنک من ظهورات | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the One Who illumineth all things by Thy light and draweth all things nigh through the glances of Thy nearness [3.5s] | INBA58:109.09-110.16, PR03.076v17-077r07, BYC_collect3.077-078 | Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00386 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Muhammad | 410 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد خلقت محمد صلواتک علیه بامرک و اصطفیته لعهدک و اصطنعه لذکرک و استخلصته لولایتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy command didst Thou create Muhammad—Thy blessings rest upon Him—and didst choose Him for Thy Covenant, and fashion Him for Thy remembrance, and single Him out for Thy Cause [3.5s] | INBA58:095.09-097.12, PR03.073v20-074r14, BYC_collect3.062-063 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00444 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Naqi | 310 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت مبدع السموات و الارض و ما بینهما تقدر خلق کل شیء کیف تشاء عما تشاء و تصور خلق کل شیء کیف یرید بما ترید | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou dost ordain the creation of all things as Thou willest, howsoever Thou pleasest, and Thou dost fashion the creation of all things according to Thy desire [3.5s] | INBA58:114.02-115.09, PR03.077v17-078r06, BYC_collect3.081-082 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00257 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Qa’im | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء بامرک لا عن شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, not from anything; and verily Thou art the Fashioner of all things by Thy command, not from aught [3.5s] | INBA58:117.08-121.03 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00435 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Rida’ | 330 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قد اخترعت ما قد اخترعت بانشائک و قد ابدعت ما قد ابدعت باحداثک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Through Thy creative power hast Thou brought into being all that Thou hast fashioned, and through Thy generative act hast Thou originated all that Thou hast created [3.5s] | INBA58:111.01-112.10, PR03.077r08-077r26, BYC_collect3.078-080 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00427 | Du’a’-i-Salavat-i-Sadiq | 340 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض و ما بینهما جاعل الملائکة رسلاً اولی اجنحة مثنی و ثلث و رباع | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou hast fashioned the angels as messengers, endowed with wings, two, three, and fourfold [4o] | INBA58:107.15-109.08, PR03.076r24-076v16, BYC_collect3.075-077 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00051 | Du’a’a’i-Avval li’l-Avval | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی ما قد شهدت علی نفسک و استشهدت کل شیء علی ذلک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee, even as Thou hast borne witness concerning Thine own Self and called all things to witness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.211-251, MKI4494.021, BYC_pray.126.11-137.05 | MANU.089-100 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00274 | Du’a’a’l-Huzn | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الفرد المعتمد. هو العزیز لم ادریا الهی بایذنب اخرجتنی | He is the All-Glorious! I know not, O my God, for what sin Thou hast cast me out [3.5s] | PR03.201v18-202r25 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00228 | Du’a’a’l-Khamis li’l-Avval | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انا الله و انا الیه راجعون سبحانک اللهم انک انت رب القدر والقضاء و ملیک الاذن والبداء | Verily, we are of God and unto Him do we return! Glorified art Thou, O Lord! Indeed, Thou art the Lord of destiny and decree, and the Sovereign of permission and fulfillment [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.251-254, MKI4494.043, BYC_pray.162.13-166.13 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00664 | Du’a’a’l-Qahriyya ‘Ala’n-nafy | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم لاسئلنک باوليتک التى انها هى ممتنعة فوق کل شئ ان تعد من کل ذات الف ينسب الى دون الحق بقدرتک على کل شئ | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I beseech Thee, by Thy Firstness which transcendeth all things, to reckon all those possessing the alif [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.272-276, MKI4515.001-006r | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00171 | Du’a’a’l-Qur’an | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی کیف اذکرنک علی ما قد خلقتنی و جعلتنی من عندک مرآتاً حیث قد خلقت فی کل شیء سبحانک اللهم ان اشکرنک علی ما جعلتنی من آبائک الکبری او ما قد جعلتنی اسمائک الحسنی .... | O my God! How can I make mention of Thee, when Thou hast created me and made me from Thy presence a mirror wherein Thou hast created in all things? Glorified art Thou, O Lord! That I should render thanks unto Thee for having made me one of Thy greatest signs, or for having made me one of Thy most beauteous names [3.5s] | PR03.003r04-004r16, MKI4511.008a-014b | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00182 | Du’a’a’l-Vahhabiyya | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بشهادتک لنفسک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم تزل کنت علی حالة الازل لمن یعرفک کما انت انت احد | O God! I testify, through Thy testimony unto Thyself, that verily Thou art God, and there is none other God but Thee. Thou art alone, peerless, unchanging, and eternal, in Thine everlasting state, unto those who recognize Thee as Thou art. Indeed, Thou art the One and the Incomparable [4o] | PR03.046r12-047r10, PR04.205v02-207v13, MKI4499.007, MKI4511.024r-029v, BYC_collect3.126-130 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00236 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 860 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم رب لاسئلنک بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء ان تنصرن کل ذات الف یومن بمن تظهرنه یوم القیامة ذات حجتک العظمی | Glorified art Thou, O my Lord! I beseech Thee, by Thy Divinity which transcendeth all things, to aid every soul who believeth in Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest on the Day of Resurrection, the Day of Thy Most Great Testimony [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.109a01-113a03 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00251 | Du’a’a’l-Vajib (fi kull laylat-i-jum'ah) | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقهر الاقهر. سبحانک اللهم فاهلکن کل ذات الف لم یؤمن بمن تظهرنه ذات حجتک الکبری بالوهیتک التی انها هی ممتنعة فوق کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! By Thy sovereign might, bring to naught every being whose heart fails to recognize Him Whom Thou hast manifested as the quintessence of Thy supreme Proof. In the majesty of Thy divinity, verily, He is transcendent above all things [4o] | INBA58:064.10-071.08, BYC_misc-b.105a09-108b10 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00057 | Du’a’a’r-Rabi’ li’l-Avval | 3000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء الابهی من الله رب الآخرة و الاولی علیک یا نقطة البیان بالغدو و الآصال | Verily, the Most Glorious Splendor from God, Lord of the First and Last, be upon thee, O Point of the Bayan, both in the morning and at eventide [3.5s] | MKI4494.036, BYC_pray.148.19-162.11 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00060 | Du’a’a’th-Thalith li’l-Avval | 2900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و بحمدک و لا اله الا انت تحیی وتمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت | Glorified art Thou, O my God, and praise be unto Thee! There is none other God but Thee. Thou givest life and causest death, then bringest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | MKI4494.029, BYC_pray.137.08-148.17 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00231 | Du’a’al-Avval fi Ardi’l’A’la lil-Murtada | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المواقع و الاستجلال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست اسمائک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art, verily, powerful over all things. Hallowed be Thy names [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.077a01-081a09 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00253 | Du’a’ath-Thalith fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I fath-‘Ali | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا فردا حیا قیوما | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God. Thine are creation and command, both in times past and times to come. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.085a06-089a01 | Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00259 | Du’a’ath-Thani fi Ardi’l’A’la li-Karbala’I Mustafa Quli | 770 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المواقع ... علی کلشیء قدیرا تقدست امثالک و تعالت شئوناتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Stations and the Reverence... Thou art powerful over all things. Sanctified are Thy likenesses and exalted are Thine attributes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.081a10-085a02 | Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00347 | Du’a’i istidhan mina’l-jannah | 500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک یا سلطان تعززت یا رحمن فاذن لی و من آمن بک ثم بآیاتک لا من تدخلن جنتک بفضلک ثم رحمتک | O God! I beseech Thee, O Sovereign Who hast shown forth Thy might, O All-Merciful One, grant leave unto me and unto them that have believed in Thee and in Thy signs, that we may enter Thy paradise through Thy grace and Thy mercy [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.020a10-022a10 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Prayers (general or uncategorized) | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00198 | Du’a’i laylati nisfi sha’ban | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم و قد ربیتنی ایاماً معدوده حیث قد سیرتنی فی لجج محبتک و شاهدتنی لحظات انوار وجهتک | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou hast nurtured me throughout numbered days, wherein Thou didst cause me to traverse the depths of Thy love and made me witness lightning glimpses of the radiance of Thy Face [3.5s] | MKI4494.015, BYC_pray.118.01-121.15 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for evening; night | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00147 | Du’a’i yawmi nisfi sha’ban | 1300 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الخلق و الامر یحی و یمیت و انک انت الحی لا یموت فی قبضبتک ملکوت کل شیء یبدع ما یشاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the creation and the command; Thou givest life and causeth death, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not. Within Thy grasp is the dominion of all things; Thou createst what Thou willest [3.5s]... ...Glory be unto Thee, O Lord! Although Thou mayest cause a person to be destitute of all earthly possessions… O Lord! Provide for the speedy growth of the Tree of Thy divine Unity… Ordain for me, O my Lord, and for those who believe in Thee | MKI4494.017, BYC_pray.121.17-126.07 | SWBP#46 (p.135-136x) | SWB#47 (p.189-191x), BPRY.149x, BPRY.232x | B. Lisbeth, Bonnie & Noor | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs | - | - | |||||
| BB00369 | Du’ay’i Istijari’l-‘abd mina’n-nar | 450 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الله تقدست یا رباه اجرنی و من آمن بک و آیاتک من النار کلها بجودک ثم کرمک انک کنت جواداً کریماً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Sanctified art Thou, O my Lord! Shield me, and whosoever hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, from every fire, through Thy bounty and then Thy generosity. Verily, Thou art the All-Bountiful, the Most Generous [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.018a09-020a08 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for protection | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00109 | Du’ayi Laylatu aula min Shahri’llah | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و شرفتها و جللتها و جملتها و قدستها بما قد نسبتها الی نفسک و اطلعت فیها آیة | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified, honored, exalted, beautified and sanctified through having associated it with Thine own Self, and wherein Thou didst cause a sign to appear [3.5s] | CMB_F14.166r05-171v04, | Manifestation of God as mediator; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00163 | Du’ayi Layliy-i-thaniyyih | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک ببهاء ضیاء علاء رضاء ربوبیتک و جلال و جمال کمال فعال سبوحیتک | O God! I beseech Thee by the splendor, the radiance, the sublimity and the good-pleasure of Thy Lordship, and by the majesty, beauty and perfection of Thy sanctified glory [3.5s] | CMB_F14.174v08-178v04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00201 | Du’ayi Sahar likulli laylin min shahri’llah | 990 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. یا من یقبل من یقبله نقطة البیان و یا من یرد من یرده نقطة البیان و یا من ینظر الی ما ینظر الیه نقطة البیان | O thou who acceptest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth accept, and O thou who rejectest whomsoever the Point of the Bayan doth reject, and O thou who beholdest whatsoever the Point of the Bayan doth behold [3.5s]... ...Do Thou ordain for me, O Lord, every good thing Thou hast created or wilt create, and shield me from whatever evil Thou abhorrest | CMB_F14.171v05-174v07, | SWBP#44 (p.133-134x) | SWB#45 (p.187-188x) | Attaining good pleasure of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | |||||
| BB00391 | Du’ayi Sahar-i-mukhtasar | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اللهم انی اسئلک بک لا شیء عندک عدلک و لاکفوک و لاشبهک و لاقرینک و لامثالک مستشهدا علی ما اشهدتنی و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Self -- for naught before Thee can equal Thy justice, none can be Thy peer, none can bear resemblance unto Thee, none can be joined with Thee, and none can be likened unto Thee -- bearing witness unto that which Thou hast caused me to witness, and all things likewise bear witness, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | CMB_F14.178v05-180r01, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00241 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 1 | 820 | Arabic | First Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک من لدن امام حق مبین و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم ربک من لدن علی | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, revealed from the presence of the true and manifest Imam. Verily it is a Book that hath been sent down through the wisdom of thy Lord from the presence of 'Alí [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:332-336, , INBA_5006C:369-371?, | HNU.151-153x, OOL.A023.6 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.029, SRC.064, SRC.192 | ||||||
| BB00136 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 2 | 1300 | Arabic | Third Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله القهار الشدید. اشهد الله و من عنده بانه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد لما قد احاط به علم الله | I testify before God and those in His presence, that verily there is no God but He, the Mighty, the Wise, and I bear witness to that which the knowledge of God hath encompassed [4o] | RHQM1.441-446 (328-331), TZH3.085.21-089.13, OOL.A023.7 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | AHDA.461.09, MMAH.030, SRC.092, SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00074 | Epistle to Haji Mirza Aqasi 3 (Khutbiy-i-Qahriyyih) | 2600 | Arabic | Fourth Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقهر بتقهیر تقهر اقتهار قهر قهاریته علی کینونیات المشرکات من الممکنات... اما بعد فاعلم یا ایها الکافر بالله والمشرک بآیاته والمعرض عن جنابه والمستکبر عن بابه | Praise be to God Who, through His transcendent dominion, His sovereign power and His all-subduing might, hath prevailed over the essences of those beings who have joined partners with Him from among all contingent things... And now know thou, O thou who hast disbelieved in God, associated partners with His signs, turned away from His presence and shown pride before His gate [3.5s] | INBA64:127.04-150.07, INBA_4012C.001-013, PR02.045v07-048r26, BYC_collect4.004-012 | RHQM1.438-440 (326-328x), KKD1.104.19, HNU.204-206x, TZH2.241-250, AHDA.359, OOL.A023.8 | Chastisement and requital; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Personal instructions; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | MMAH.031, SRC.092-093, SRC.186 | ||||||
| BB00224 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 1 | 900 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár Revealed in Búshihr, An | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الکبیر و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن | Read the Book of the Remembrance of thy Lord, no God is there except Him, the Exalted, the Mighty. Such is indeed a Book about which there is no doubt | INBA_4011C:328-332, , INBA_5006C:367-369, , INBA_6012C.262-264x, , CMB_F28.7.03-04, | HNU.149-151x, AHDA.102, OOL.A023.1 | HURQ.BB28x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | MSBR.208-209, AHDA.460.08, MMAH.024, SRC.058, SRC.192 | ||||
| BB00262 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 4 | 750 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من لدن امام حق مبین فیه حکم کل شیء لمن اراد ان یتذکر او یکون من المهتدین | This is an Epistle from Him Who is the true, the undoubted Leader. Herein is revealed the law of all things | AHDA.352, SWBP#04 (p.005-008x), OOL.A023.4 | SWB#06 (p.024-028x) | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Words vs deeds | - | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.025, SRC.097, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00187 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 5 | 1100 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | بسم الله المتکبر الشدید. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و انه لا اله الا هو الملک القهار العظیم هو الذی یقضی یوم الفصل بالحق | Glory be unto Him Who knoweth all that is in the heavens and in the earth. Verily there is no God but Him | TZH3.082.06-085.20, SWBP#05 (p.009-013), OOL.A023.5 | SWB#05 (p.018-023) | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | AHDA.460.08, MMAH.027, SRC.097, SRC.193 | |||||
| BB00647 | Epistle to Muhammad Shah 6 (?) | 490 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Shāh Qájár from Mákú, An | Tablets of the Báb to Muhammad Shah | فدا فؤآدک من فی ملکوت ملیک یا ذا لسلطان المقتدر الرؤف حمد و سپاس بی قیاس ذات اقدس مالک الملکی را سزاست | May the hearts of those in the celestial Kingdom be sacrificed unto Thee, O Thou Sovereign Lord of Power and Mercy! Boundless praise and thanksgiving beseem the Most Holy Essence of the King of Kings [3.5s] | AHDA.280-281 | Creation of the world; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for assistance; intercession; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.026 | ||||||
| BB00301 | Fi ‘ili’l-qira’a | 630 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروف بعدة تکرار اسم الوهاب من نفسه و حرف لا لتدلعن السن الممکنات ثناء نفسه فی حرف لا من دون حکم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the letters according to the repetition of His Name, the All-Bountiful, from His own Self, and the letter "Lá," that the tongues of all contingent beings might voice His praise through the letter "Lá" [3.5s] | INBA53:400-402 | Grammar and orthography; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); The cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00421 | Fi ‘ilmi’l-Huruf va’l-Iksir (Letter on gematria and alchemy) | 350 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و اما السئوال عن علم الحروف فخذ من رأس کل عشرة حرف الاول و احسب علی الاول عنصر النار | As to thy question regarding the science of letters, know that from each set of ten letters, take the first, and reckon the first as representing the element of fire [4o]... ...And now as regards thy question about the Elixir: Know thou that God did not create anything except that He deposited within it a "letter" of the Elixir in accordance with its level of being | INBA67:203-204, INBA_6004C:213-215, , PR07.074r-074v, AEWB.234-236, | HURQ.BB17x | Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00239 | Fi ‘ilmi’s-Sarf va’n-Nahv (Treatise on grammar) | 830 | Arabic | Grammar of the Divine, A; Gate of the Heart | Risala fi al-nahw wa al-sarf (A Treatise on Grammar) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الانسان بالنقطة المنفصلة المتحرکه عن مطلع البیان و الحمد لله | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto man by the detached and moving Point from the Dayspring of utterance, and praise be to God [3.5s]... ...Verily, the noun is the attribute of the thing as it is in its own station…. But the verb referreth to the movement of that thing, and is the source of both noun and preposition | INBA67:121-125, PR07.076r-077r, AEWB.207-212, | GOH.205-206x, MNP.064-066, BLO_PT#039 | Grammar and orthography; Language and the structure of reality; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | SRC.073, GOH.205 | |||||
| BB00364 | Fi Bayani Lawhi’l-Mahfuz (Letter on the Preserved Tablet) (part II) | 460 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و قد سئلک السائل عن اللوح الحفیظ اعلمه بما قد علمک الله المحیط و ها انا ذا القیت الیک من رشحات تلک الالواح المستضیئه | The questioner hath assuredly asked thee about al-lawḥ al-maḥfūẓ ("The Preserved Tablet"). Inform him then according to what God, the All-Encompassing, hath taught thee [the Bāb] | INBA67:174-176, INBA_4011C:139-141, , INBA_6004C:202-204, , INBA_6006C:079-080, , PR07.067r-067v | HURQ.BB07x | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Law of cause and effect; Seven stages of creation; The cross and the trinity | - | - | SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | |||||||
| BB00214 | Fi Bayani’l-I’tiqad | 930 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء و الیه کل الخلق یرجعون و ان الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و اوصیائه الذین قد جعلهم الله ائمة الدین و ارکان اهل الیقین ... و بعد لما سمعت ان بعض الناس قد عرضوا بمحضر حضرة العالی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth, and unto Whom all created things shall return. And blessings rest upon Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His chosen ones, whom God hath made the Imams of the Faith and the pillars of them that are assured... And further, when I heard that certain ones had made representations in the presence of [3.5s] | INBA14:385-390, INBA40:133-136, INBA69:411-416, INBA_6010C:383-388, , PR02.130v24-131v26, CMB_F21.089.01-093.01#11, , BYC_collect4.017-020, BYC_three.092-097 | ESCH.393, TZH2.082-084 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.077, SRC.193 | |||||||
| BB00445 | Fi Hukmi ‘Ilmi’l-Huruf (musajja'ih) | 300 | Arabic | Tablet of the Letters (Ḥurūfāt) Revealed by the Báb, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلى على الآیات بانفسها و على الابواب بالالف القآئم فی مظاهرها و على السموات | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself through the signs in their very essence, and through the Gates by the upright Alif in their manifestations, and through the heavens [3.5s] | INBA67:204-206, PR07.073v-074r | HURQ.BB36 | Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | |||||||
| BB00173 | Fi Istifhamat al-Qur'an | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع جوهریات ذوات اهل الانشاء لا من شیئ بامره لیعرفه کل من فی ملکوت الارض والسموات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth, through His Command, the essential realities of created beings out of nothingness, that all within the kingdom of earth and heaven might know Him [3.5s] | INBA14:395-400, INBA40:192-196, INBA53:406-411, INBA67:273-279, INBA_6010C:393-398, , CMB_F21.100.03-104.17#13, , Berlin3655.118r-120v | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||||
| BB00194 | Fi Javabi’l-Mujadala va’l-Mubahalah | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. احمدک اللهم یا الهی بما انت اهله و اشهدک اللهم یا مولائی بما انت تستحقه بانک | I praise Thee, O my God, as befitteth Thine excellence, and I bear witness before Thee, O my Lord, as beseemeth Thy glory [3.5s] | INBA91:182.12-188.12, PR04.010v08-013v02 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00416 | Fi Mas’alati’l-Bada’ (Letter on the alteration of the Divine Will) (part I) | 360 | Arabic | بسم الله المنشأ العلیم الذی لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم. قد ابتدء باختراع الکلمات فی ثبات اهل السبحات | Verily hath begun the fashioning of words in establishing those who dwell in the realms of divine glory [3.5s] | INBA67:172-174, INBA_4011C:137-139, , INBA_6004C:200-202, , INBA_6006C:078-079, , PR07.066v-067r, AEWB.221-226, | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.057, SRC.190, SRC.192x2 | ||||||||
| BB00237 | Fi Tafsir-i-Kalimiy-i-Aqul (Commentary on a statement of Siyyid Kazim) | 860 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال مولانا علی علیه السلام فی خطبة الطتنجیه علی قائلها الاف الثناء والتحیة الحمد لله الذی فتق الاجواء ... بسم الله والحمد لله افتتح بالله فی شرح سر من الکلمة التی شرحها کلمة الحق روحی | Our Master [Imam] `Alī said (upon him be peace) in the Khuṭbat al-Tutunjiyya (“Sermon of the Gulf”) according to his statement expressive of a thousand degrees of praise | INBA67:125-129, INBA_4011C:171-176, , INBA_5006C:343-345, , INBA_6004C:204-207, , PR07.077r-078r | NSS.069-071 | HURQ.BB18x | Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.09, SRC.073, SRC.198 | ||||||
| BB00150 | Fi Yawmi ‘idi’l-Adha | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذا یوم قد جعلته من قبل بقول حبیبک محمد عیداً لمن آمن بک و آیاتک وذخراً لمن وفی بعهدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a Day which Thou didst aforetime make, through the words of Thy beloved Muhammad, a festival unto them that believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and a treasure for such as were faithful to Thy Covenant [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.180-187, MKI4494.002 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.462.03d? | ||||||||
| BB00378 | Fi’l-Khuar | 420 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب من عبد الله الیک فی حکم ما سئلت منی ان اعلم انی عبد آمنت بالله و آیاته و ما انا من المشرکین و لقد اشتبه الامر عندالناس فی حقی بما اظهرت مما اعطانی الله | Verily, this is a Book from the servant of God unto thee concerning that which thou didst ask of me. Know thou that I am a servant who hath believed in God and His signs, and I am not of them that join partners with Him. And indeed the matter hath become confused among the people concerning me by reason of that which I have manifested from what God hath bestowed upon me [3.5s] | INBA91:180.08-182.10 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00651 | Fi’l-Maut va’l-‘Ama’ | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت السموات و الارض لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر الاحد المقتدر ... اما معنی الحديث الآخر الذی سئل فی الکتاب ان الله کان فی عماء فوقه هواء و تحته هواء | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the Single, the All-Powerful... As to the meaning of that other tradition mentioned in the Book, that God was in a cloud with air above it and air beneath it [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.001-016 | ASAT4.391-393x | HURQ.BB42x | Absolute freedom; independence of God; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00342 | Fi’s-Sighari va’l-Kibar | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یبدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الیه یحشرون | Glorified be He Who createth, by His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth; then they who have believed in God and His signs shall be gathered unto Him [3.5s] | PR07.030v-031v, CMB_F21.131.07-133.07#22, , BYC_collect3.021-024 | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BH05177 | Firdaws al-Baqa’ | 190 | Arabic | هذه فردوس البقا قد فتحنا ابوابها لمن فی السموات و الارض فاسرعوا الیها یا | The portals of this Paradise of Eternity have We flung open unto all who dwell in the heavens and on earth. Hasten ye, therefore, unto them, O [3.5s] | INBA51:589 | LHKM3.053 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Idolatry; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00271 | Hadith on 'the Land of Paradise' | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Ever hast Thou been One God [3.5s] | CMB_F21.192.16-196.04#30, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00108 | Haykal | 200 | Arabic | سبحان الذی … له من فی الیسموات و من فی الارض و کل له ... هو الذی ... من یشا (.illeg) | Glorified be He before Whom … all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth, and all … He it is Who [3.5s] | PR03.043r-043r | Da'iras and haykals; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Education of children; moral education; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00467 | Hirz fi’s-Sijn | 280 | Arabic | هو العلی الاعلی بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض ثم الذین امنوا و استقاموا علی الصراط فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و انهم الفائزون | Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. And those who have believed and remained steadfast upon the Path—these shall be gathered unto God, and they are the triumphant [3.5s] | PR03.157r15-157r27, MKI4511.072v-074r, BYC_collect3.041-042 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Prayer for protection; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00494 | Hirz fi’s-sijn li-Sayyid Hasan | 230 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته اولئک هم علی الله یعرضون و ان الذین امنوا ثم صبروا فی ایام الله | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth, and beyond them they who have believed in God and His signs - these verily shall be brought into His presence. They that have believed and persevered in the days of God [3.5s] | INBA64:159.09-161.02, PR03.157v01-157v14, MKI4511.074r-075v, BYC_collect3.042-043 | High station of the true believer; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01966 | Hur-i-'Ujab (The Wondrous Maiden) | 450 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Hur-i-Ujab (Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden) | قد طلع جمال القدس عن خلف الحجاب و ان هذا لشیء عجاب و انصعقت الارواح من نار | The hallowed Beauty shone resplendent from behind the veil. How wondrous a thing, how wondrous indeed! | INBA47:245b, INBA36:463a, BLIB_Or15706.122, , BLIB_Or15714.025, | AHM.153, AYT.251, AHB_120BE #03-06 p.001, OOL.B009, AMB#12 | DOR#12, RBB.132-133, BLO_PT#145 | L. Slott, R. Yazhari | Ecstatic poem announcing the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, her announcement to the … | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | 1b | * | * | ROB1.218, ROB1.211, MMAH.134, MMAH.232, LL#018, LL#042 | |
| BB00676 | Inscription on the Bab's signet ring | 15 | Arabic | سبحان الله ان الذی لا اله الا هو هذا صراط من لدنه کل عليه تمرّون | Praise be unto Him; there is no God but Him. This is a Path revealed by His behest, and all shall pass thereon | BW_v16p027, ADMS#146 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00431 | Introduction to the Sahifih Makhzunih | 330 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الکبیر یا ایها الحبیب اکتب من ایدی من لیل المجیب حجة الله الاکبر | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is none other god, the Most High, the Most Great. O beloved one! Write from these hands, from the night of the All-Responding One [3.5s] | PR04.057r01-058r04 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00240 | Introduction to the Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqara | 830 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بطراز النقطة المنفصلة عن لجة الابداع لها بها الیها جلت و علت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all contingent beings through the ornament of the Point, which was separated from the depths of creation - unto it, through it, and toward it - exalted was it and transcendent before aught came into being [3.5s] | INBA86:065-069, INBA98:023.11-027.07, PR40.001v-003r | Accounts of dreams and visions; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eulogies; reminiscences; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism of color and light; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00026 | Javab-i-Ahadin mina’s-sabirin | 7500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الممکنات لشأن قبولهم و صورهم علی هیکل طاعتهم ثم قد اقامهم فی مقامات الامر والنهی لیجزیهم وصفهم ثم افتتنهم لیمیزینهم فسبحانه ما اعجب فتنته و اعظم بینته | Praise be to God, who hath brought into being the contingent beings for the purpose of their acceptance, and hath fashioned them in the form of their obedience. Thereupon, He hath raised them up in the stations of command and prohibition, that He might recompense them according to their true deserts. Thereafter, He hath subjected them to trials, that He might distinguish them. Exalted be He! How wondrous is His trial, and how mighty His proof [4o] | INBA98:122.11-150.04 | TZH3.279.19-280.06x, TZH3.282.21-283.05x, TZH3.283.05-09x, AHDA.187x | Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00679 | Javabu’l-Fa’ | 1100 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انه لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شريک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الياقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک الهيبة و العدال و لک المُثُل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک القوة و الفعال و لک البهجة و المقال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Awe and the Justice, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Power and the Action, Thine the Joy and the Words [3.5s] | MKI4515.050r-055v | Absolute freedom; independence of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00012 | Javahiru'l-Asrar (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | 10360 | Arabic | Gems of Divine Mysteries; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Pen of Glory, The | Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries) | یا ایها السالک فی سبل العدل و الناظر الی طلعه الفضل قد بلغ کتابک و عرفت سوالک | O thou who treadest the path of justice and beholdest the countenance of mercy! Thine epistle was received, thy question was noted | INBA46:001, INBA66:036, INBA99:001, PR07.015b-029b, LEID.Or4970.1-26, UMich968.041-052x | BRL_Jawahir, AQA3#067 p.004, TZH4.189-190x, TZH4.190-191x, TZH4.191x, ANDA#21 p.04x, OOL.B157 | GDM | D. Stevenson (¶110) | A lengthy commentary in answer to a question on the fulfilment of prophetic expectations in unexpect … | Jabulqa and Jabarsa; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mystical themes; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | - | - | LOC.062-066, ROB1.151, MMAH.195, GSH.027, LL#023 | |
| BH00386 | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words - Arabic) | 1750 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Hidden Words; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Hidden Words | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words) | هذا ما نزل من جبروت العزه بلسان القدره و القوه علی النبیین من قبل و انا | This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. | INBA36:440, INBA30:002, BLIB_Or8901, BLIB_Or15714.147, , CMB_F33.033, , PR22.049b-056b, PR23.029a-033a, BLIB_Or.08685, CUL.X893.7.B111, UMich962.143-151 | BRL_HWA, AVK3.161.16x, ZYN.040, MJMM.017, BSHN.013x, MHT2b.030x, MAS4.367bx, NSR_1993.053, NFF4.001, OOL.B013a | HWAE, LOG#0304x, GPB.140x, SW_v03#01 p.004+007x, SW_v03#02 p.004x, SW_v04#18 p.300x2x, SW_v14#10 p.289-290x, BSC.171 #175-262 | L. Slott (#1), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (#1), almunajat.com (#1) [item 2], D. Gundry (#1), E. Mahony (#1), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#1), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#1), Joel in Real Life (#1), The Daguerreotypes (#1), E. Kelly (#1), L. Dely (#1), Y. Mbazo & Friends (#1), Fleur & Tessa (#1), G.H. Miller (#1), S. Peyman (#1), S. Eblaghi and M. Weigert (#1), K. Porray (#1), R. Johnston-Garvin (#1) [track 6], D. Sylvester (#1), M. Levine (#2), Nicolas & Louis (#2), L. Dely (#2), A.E. Rahbin (#2), R. Peterson (#2) [track 6], A. Wensbo (#3), E. Mahony (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), S. Sunderland (#3), M. Levine (#3) [track 2], L. Dely (#3), Rowshan (#3) [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia (#3) [track 2], A. Youssefi (#4), E. Lilian (#4), MANA (#4), S. Peyman (#4), J. Cooper (#4), L. Dely (#4), R. Peterson (#4) [track 4], Corinne & Riaz (#4), L. Dube (#4) [track 3], Ladjamaya (#4) [track 7], D. Gundry (#5), W. Heath (#5), E. Mahony and A. Youssefi (#5), Bass Adjustment (#5), Ine (#5), M. Weigert (#5), S. Engle and J. White (#5), S. Gomes (#5), T. Ellis (#5), K. Kuolga (#5), A. Mirra (#5), Rowshan (#5) [track 11], SKY (#5), KC Porter (#5), E. Kelly (#5), M. Levine (#5) [track 7], L. Dely (#5), K. Key (#5), A. Sperandeo (#5), A. Wood (#6), L. Slott (#6), Y. Mesbah (#6), L. Dely (#6), The Descendants (#6), The Joburg Baha'i Choir (#6), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#6), The Badasht Project (1) (#7), The Badasht Project (2) (#7), Nabil and Karim (#7), Matt McGrath (#7), T. Nosrat (#7), L. Dube (#7) [track 12], Ladjamaya (#8) [track 4], almunajat.com (#9) [item 1], E. Mahony (#9), D. Hunt (#9), N. Ma'ani (#9), S. Toloui-Wallace (#9), J. Raj (#9), MJ Cyr (#11), O. Devine (#11), Refuge (#11), L. Dely & M. Congo (#11), Oisin & Bahiyyih Devine (#11), A. Azad (#11), Ahdieh (#11), S. Taborn (#11), S. Sunderland (#11), The Descendants (#12), O. Devine (#12), B. Nakedi (#12), P. Held & C. Bahia (#12) [track 3], M.C. Santillana (#12), M. Levine (#12) [track 2], R. Lea (#13), P. Held & C. Bahia (#13) [track 4], Joel in Real Life (#13), A.E. Rahbin (#13), L. Dube (#13) [track 2], MJ Cyr (#14), S. Taefi (#14) [track 9], L. Slott (#14), SKY (#14), A.E. Rahbin (#14), L. Slott (#15), A. Youssefi (#15), L. Dely (#15), E. Mahony (#15), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#15), L. Dube (#15) [track 14], Chicago Baha'i Community (#15), M. Sparrow (#16), Honiara Baha'i Youth (#16), MANA (#16), S. Jaberi (#16), L. Dely & M. Congo (#16) [track 7], L. Slott (#17), E. Mahony (#17), E. Mahony, E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#17), E. Henrikson (#17), Mona, Dibo & Nachidah (#17), L. Dely & M. Congo (#17) [track 7], E. Lilian (#18), Rowshan (#19) [track 5], J. Heath (#19) [track 9], J. Heath (#19), D. Olam (#19) [track 11], T. Ellis (#19), Sabin & Leticia (#19), A. Youssefi (#20), TaliaSafa & Friends (#20), Ine (#21), M. Saraswati (#21), A. Youssefi (#22), G.H. Miller (#22), NKAK (#22), K. Porray (#22), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#22), Ann-Sofie & Shahram (#22), T. Ellis (#22), The Descendants (#22), Naseem, Michele & Yasmin (#22), Meredth & Arman (#22), E. Tarani (#22), R. Yazhari (#23), L. Dely (#23), L. Dely (#25) [track 5], L. Dube (#26) [track 17], L. Dely (#27), P. Held & C. Bahia (#29) [track 5], L. Slott (#31), jeph.ilosopher (#31), L. Dely (#31), K. Key (#31), A. Youssefi (#32), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#32), Roz, Amelia & Andre (#32), Ahdi (#32), P. Escobar (#33), N. Ma'ani (#33), Laura & Michael (#33), R. Peterson (#33) [track 5], L. Herrmann (#34), Gyenyame (#34), C. Zurek (#34), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#35), L. Dely (#35), S. & H. Fikri (#35), L. Dube (#35) [track 21], A. Tahirih R. Weiss (#36), E. Mahony, F. Doomun-Rouhani & M. Brown (#36), J. Marks and S. Engle (#36), K. Porray (#36), Hayden, Alessia & Anis (#36), A. Youssefi (#38), T. Ellis (#38), E. Mahony (#39), Rowshan (#40), A.E. Rahbin (#40), M. Tokuma (#41), L. Dely & M. Congo (#41) [track 1], Calling Waiting Searching (#42), G.H. Miller (#42), L. Dube (#42) [track 19], S. Gomes (#42), E. Mahony (#43), Dawnbreaker Collective (#43), Heroes Teaching Conference (#43), M. Perez (#43), J. Duhart (#43), G.H. Miller (#44), L. Dely (#44), A.E. Rahbin (#44), L. Dube (#44) [track 8], Nabil and Karim (#46), R. Lea (#48), L.Slott (#48), Katie & Faizi (#48), L. Dely (#48), SKY (#48), L. Dube (#48) [track 15], HeartBeat Collective (#48), L. & L. Hosack (#48), S. Acevedo (#48), A. Youssefi (#50), E. Mahony (#50), K. and D. Eckert and A. Youssefi (#50), Leona and Larry (#51), The Baha'i Trio (#51), E. Lilian (#52), L. Dely & M. Congo (#52) [track 6], E. Mahony (#52), N.D. Huening (#52), C. Oja (#52), S. Skiti (#52), J. Heath (#53) [track 7], S. Toloui-Wallace (#55), M. Levine (#55) [track 3], W. Eng & N. Rajan (#55), Qurratul, Ruhiyyih & Verona (#55), O. Devine (#55), R. Orona (#55), T. Bradley (#55), J. Cooper (#55), Seaon & Saman (#55), D. Stevenson (#56), L. Dube (#57) [track 7], K. Porray (#58), K. Porray (#59), O. Devine (#59), Baha'i Youth of Japan (#59), QuiqueSaba (#59), Strong Steep (#59), Ladjamaya (#59) [track 2], Z. Affolter (#60), L. Dely (#60), L. Dube (#61) [track 10], unknown (#62), L. Dube (#62) [track 1], M. Cuvillier (#63), L. Dube (#63) [track 9], P. Held & C. Bahia (#64) [track 6], L. Dube (#66) [track 20], Ine (#66), W. Heath (#68), Chicago Baha'i Community (#68), P. Held & C. Bahia (#68) [track 7], D. E. Walker (#68), S. Jaberi (#68), C. Oja (#68), L. Harley (#68), D. Stevenson (#71), L. Dely (#71), L. Dube (#71) [track 16] | The Arabic portion of His foremost ethical work, consisting of 71 aphorisms spoken in the voice of t … | Bringing oneself to account each day; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fairmindedness; personal justice [insaf]; God's love for His own Essence; Human reality created in the image of God; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Soul; spirit after death | 1b | * | * | ROB1.071 et al, BKOG.159 et al, GPB.140, MMAH.092, GSH.016, LL#025 | |
| BB00562 | Khasa'il-i Sab'ih (Treatise of the Seven Directives) | 140 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Dhasail-i-Sabih (Seven Qualifications) | الامر الاول من الشعائر السبعة هو حمل الدائرة المنیعة المبارکة و الثانی منها ترک الغلیان | The first command of the seven religious practices is to carry the blessed, protective circle. The second of them is to abandon the water pipe. | HBAB.765, AHDA.099, OOL.A022 | GOH.300, HURQ.BB16x, KSHK#02, KSHK.BWB | Imam Husayn; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | 1 | * | - | DB.143, MMAH.052, SRC.061-062, SRC.186, GOH.300 | ||||
| BB00355 | Khatt ila Mirza Siyyid Hasan-i-Khurasani | 470 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الله لا اله الا هو قد نزل الکتاب بالحق لیوم لاریب فیه و اعبده و انتظر لنصره فان ایام الذکر عند ربک کان مقضیا | God, no God is there but Him. He hath sent down the Book in truth for a Day whereof there is no doubt. Worship Him and await His triumph, for verily the days of remembrance with thy Lord have been ordained [3.5s] | INBA91:200.01-202.10 | Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.02 | ||||||||
| BB00586 | Khatt li’sh-Shaykh Rafi’-i-Rashti | 100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تبارک الذی ینزل علی من یشاء و روح الامر ان ابشروا لا تخلف فان الله ربک لغفور شکور و انه لا اله الا هو قد نزل الکتاب لامره | Bless Him who sends down the spirit of command on whom He will. Verily, rejoice and do not fear. God, your Lord, is both forgiving and thankful | PR03.043r15-043r18 | KSHK.BWB | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.14 | |||||||
| BB00316 | Khatt mina’l-Masqat ila Salman | 590 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Muscat in Honour of Shaykh Salmán Āl-'Aṣfūr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لعزیز حمید و انه لکتاب قد فصل فیه حکم البدع تنزیل من لدن علی حکیم | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth amongst His servants. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Praised. And verily it is a Book wherein the laws of the new creation have been distinctly set forth, a revelation from One All-Wise [3.5s] | INBA91:052.08-056.04, INBA_5019C:330-330, | AHDA.096-098 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Prophecy and fulfillment; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.461.13, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00175 | Khutba on gematria and its sister (‘ilmi’l-Huruf va Ukhtiha) | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بایاته المتجلیه فی غرا لفواد بغیر تشبیه و لا تفریق لیشهد الکل فی مقعد الفضل | Praise be to God Who hath enabled the gnosis of His Essence to be realized through His verses which express theophanic self-disclosure within the grandeur of the inmost heart | INBA67:228-233, INBA91:030.07-036.06, INBA_5006C:315-317, , INBA_5019C:322-324, , INBA_6004C:209-213, | HURQ.BB20x | Alchemy; the elixir; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.09, SRC.063, SRC.187, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00101 | Khutba on the 'Id al-Fitr written in Masqat (Khutbiy-i-Qamariyyih) | 1800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تفرد بالعزة و توحد بالعظمة و تعظم بالکبریاء و تعالی عن مشاهدة الانظار الاحد القیوم والصمد المعبود | Praise be to God, Who hath singled Himself out in might, and united Himself in grandeur, and exalted Himself in majesty, and transcendeth the vision of all eyes—the One, the Self-Subsisting, the Eternal [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:359-366, , INBA_5006C:326-330, | - | - | FHR#06.04, SRC.063, SRC.187 | |||||||||
| BB00122 | Khutba on the suffering of Imam Husayn, at sea | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاتیته بالاحدیة القدیمة لما علم بان الحسین یشهد لنفسه بنفسه | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being through His Ancient Unity, inasmuch as He knew that Husayn beareth witness unto His Self through His Self [3.5s] | INBA91:073.10-081.02, INBA_5006C:317-320, , PR04.164r05-168r14 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.08, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00205 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 1 | 960 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف ذاته بذاته و لا یعلم احد کیف هو الا هو لا اله الا هو قد انشأ | Praise be to God Who hath known His Own Self through His Self, and none knoweth His Reality save Him. There is no God but Him [3.5s] | INBA91:036.08-041.10, INBA_5006C:320-322, , INBA_5019C:324-326, , PR04.040v06-043v03 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00279 | Khutba writen near the staging post of al-Safra 2 (Khutbiy-i-Jamaliyyih) | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد علا بعلو ذاتیته علواً سقطت الاشیاء دونه و تعالی بعظم کینونیته علی عرش الاحدیة التی قد خضع الکل لدی وجهه | Praise be unto Him Who hath, through the loftiness of His Essence, risen to such heights that all things other than Him have fallen away, and Who hath, through the grandeur of His Being, been exalted upon the Throne of Oneness before which all creation boweth down in submission [3.5s] | INBA91:047.08-051.09, INBA_5006C:324-326, , INBA_5019C:328-330, | Creation of the world; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Shrines and Holy places; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00106 | Khutba written in Kanakan (Khutbih Bahriyyih) | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس فی الذات و المتفرد فی الصفات القدیم الوتر و القیوم الحی الذی لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified in His Essence and unrivalled in His attributes, the Ancient of Days, the Single One, the Self-Subsisting, the Ever-Living, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:351-358, , INBA_5006C:355-359, | - | - | FHR#06.03, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||||
| BB00216 | Khutba written one stage from Medina (Khutbiy-i-Shajariyyih) | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد شهد لذاته بذاته ان لا اله الا هو و ابدع خلقه بامره ان لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath testified unto His Own Being by His Own Self that there is no God but Him, and Who brought forth His creation by His Command that there is no God but He [3.5s] | INBA91:042.01-047.06, INBA_5006C:322-324, , INBA_5019C:326-328, | Anthropomorphism; Christ; Christianity; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Pantheism; The cross and the trinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.063, SRC.187 | ||||||||
| BB00195 | Khutbah fi Ard-i-Sad (insha'uha fi balad as-sad) | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو الحق فی ازل الازال و انه هو کائن بمثل ما کان فیما یحدث من الازمان و لا له تغیر فی شأن و لا انتقال انقطعة الاسماء عن ساحة قرب حضرته | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the True One, from all eternity, and verily He remaineth even as He hath ever been throughout all times to come, subject neither to change in station nor alteration. All names are far removed from the court of His nearness [3.5s] | INBA40:198-202, INBA67:190-194, PR02.141r16-142r12, CMB_F23.076r05-078v07 (16), , Berlin3655.124r-126r | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Proofs for the existence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00265 | Khutbah fi'l-Bakarih (hin julusihi 'ala'l-safinah al-saghirah) | 740 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد ارفع عبده من البلد المقام علی السفینة الصغیره الی الفلک المسخر فوق الماء من قبل طلوع خط البیضاء من احق السوداء | Praise be unto Him Who hath raised His servant from the settled place, upon the small vessel, unto the ark that saileth upon the waters, ere the rising of the white line from the black horizon [3.5s] | INBA_5006C:339-340?, , PR04.038r13-040v03 | - | - | FHR#06.07?, SRC.242 | |||||||||
| BB00498 | Khutbata’l-Baladiyya | 220 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریاء والمتفرد فی الآلاء الذی قد ارفع السماء للعماء و قد انشأ السناء للذرالبقاء | Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur and is singular in His bestowals, Who hath raised up the heavens unto the celestial realm and hath brought forth resplendent light [3.5s] | INBA67:129-130, PR07.075v-076r | Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00084 | Khutbata’r-Raj’a (Khutba written in Jidda) | 2200 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد اقام العرش علی الماء والهواء علی وجه الماء و فرق بینهما علی کلمة اللاء ثم قد فتق الاجواء من عالم العماء | Praised be to God! Who raised up the Celestial Throne upon the watery expanse and the atmosphere above the surface of the watery expanse. | INBA91:060.12-073.08, INBA_5006C:330-335, | HNU.143-145x, AHDA.086x | MNP.090-091x, MNP.146-158, HURQ.BB19x, LOIR06.050ff | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#06.05, SRC.063, SRC.187, GOH.032 | |||||
| BB00309 | Khutbih Qabl az Dibajiy-i-Sahifih | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتوحد فی الکبریآء و المتعظم فی الثنآء و المتفرد فی الانشاء والمتعالی فی البهاء ..... و بمثل ذلک فلیکتب قل یا اهل المشعرین فاتوا برهانکم ان کنتم صادقین والحمد لله رب العالمین | Praise be to God Who standeth alone in grandeur, Who is glorified in praise, Who is single in creation, and Who is transcendent in splendor... And thus let it be written: Say: O ye dwellers of the two sanctuaries, bring forth your proof if ye be of the truthful ones. And praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds [3.5s] | PR04.054r15-056v14 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00115 | Khutbiy-i-Mahdiyyih | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عهد لعلو ذاتیته عن وصف الانشاء و اهلها و تقدس بعظم کینونیته عن نعت اهل الثناء و من یشابهها الخطبه السادسه فی البوشهر حمل | Praise be unto Him Who, by the sublimity of His Being, hath transcended all description by His creation and its people, and Who, through the grandeur of His Essence, hath sanctified Himself above the attributes of those who offer praise and their like [3.5s] | INBA_4011C:341-348, , INBA_5006C:359-363, | - | - | FHR#06.01, SRC.063, SRC.186 | |||||||||
| BH00181 | Khutbiy-i-Salavat | 3080 | Arabic | Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká | الحمد لله الذی قد اظهر الطلعه بالجذبات و لقد اغن الورقه بالسر السطر من ورآء | Praise be unto God Who hath manifested the Countenance through rapturous attractions and hath enriched the Leaf with the hidden mystery inscribed beyond [3.5s] | PR22.058a-072a | Extols the Cause of the Báb and encourages His followers to seek out and turn to the ‘countenance … | Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1a | - | - | BRL_TTT#11.8 | Revealed 'in the year nine', see BRL_TTT#11; see also Tanbihu'l-Na'imin p.36. | ||||
| BB00128 | Kitab al-Fihrist (Book of the index) | 1400 | Arabic | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. المر ذلک الکتاب ذکر من الله فی حکم عبد بدیع و انه للکتاب قد نزلت من لدن بقیة الله امام حق قدیم | Alif. Lám. Mím. Rá. This is the Book, a Remembrance from God concerning a wondrous servant, and verily it is the Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the True Imam [3.5s]... ...And this is a Book which was sent down from God containing a directive from a wondrous servant. It is indeed a Book which hath come down from the Remnant of God | INBA_5019C:285-293, , INBA_6007C.339-348, INBA_4011C.062-069, , PR04.001r03-006v11, Berlin3655.001v-007r | ASAT4.527x | MNP.091-095x, HURQ.BB46x, LOIR06.051ff | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih] | - | - | FHR#04, AHDA.444.3, SRC.043, SRC.050-052, SRC.065, SRC.188, GOH.022, GOH.032 | |||||
| BB00631 | Kitab al-Hayakil | 30 | Arabic | الله اعظم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت [ملک] السموات و الارض و ما بینهما فلتقدس الله یومئذ فی دین الحق نصرا عظیما | God is Most Great! In the name of God, the Inaccessible, the Most Holy. Praise be Him in Whose grasp is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and whatever lieth between them | BLIB_Or6679, | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00135 | Kitab al-Hujja I | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الممتنع الممتنع. و ان هذا لکتاب من عند الله المهیمن القیوم الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه اسم نبیل قبل علی ذکراً من عنده فی العالمین ان یا نبیل قبل علی فاشهد علی انه لا اله الا انا ذوالالاهین | Verily, this is a Book from God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto him whose name God hath made the name of Nabil-before-Ali, a remembrance from His presence unto all the worlds. O Nabil-before-Ali! Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Me, the Lord of all divine attributes [3.5s] | CMB_F23.078v09-082r18 (17), | Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00063 | Kitab al-Hujja II | 2800 | Arabic | بسم الله المقتدر المقتدر. هذا کتاب من عند نقطة البیان عند الله و حجته للعالمین جمیعاً الی من قد جعل الله ذکر اسمه و ذکر اسم حجته و جعله من عند حجته حجة علی العالمین جمیعاً | This is a Book from the Point of the Bayan, Who standeth in the presence of God and is His Proof unto all the worlds, addressed unto him whom God hath made the mention of His Name and the mention of His Proof, and hath made him, through His Proof, a proof unto all the worlds [3.5s] | CMB_F23.082r19-089v05 (18), , BYC_hujjat | Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection of Muhammad; Return of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | JRAS.477, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00009 | Kitab al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) | 36000 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Kitáb al-Ruh (Book of the Spirit) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد نزل الايات بالحق الي عبده لعل الناس بايات ربک يومنون ان اتبع ما اوحينا اليک | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed the verses in truth unto His servant, that perchance mankind might believe in the signs of their Lord. Follow that which We have revealed unto thee [3.5s]... ...This Book is a Dhikr (Remembrance) from God according to the Decree of a wondrous servant [the Bāb]. He is assuredly the True One within the heavens and the earth. | INBA78:069-076x, INBA_4011C.069-100, INBA_7005C, PR04.036r12-038r12x, MKI4507.001x, , IOM.091 | ASAT4.044-45x, AHDA.198x, OOL.A017 | HURQ.BB05x, HURQ.BB15x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | 1 | * | - | FHR#10, AHDA.446.5, MMAH.064, SRC.061, SRC.189, GOH.031, GOH.380fn3 | The "Suratu'l-Ridvan" is a part of this work | ||
| BB00447 | Kitab al-Vahid 01 (Tablet to the first Letter of the Living) | 300 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | بسم الله العزیز المحبوب. سبحان الذی له ملک السموات و الأرض و ما بینهما قل کل الیه راجعون هو الذی یهدی من یشآء | Lauded and glorified is He Who is the sovereign Lord of the kingdoms of heaven and earth and whatever is between them. | DB.xxii.01, SWBP#03 (p.003-004), LABIB | SWB#03 (p.009-010), HURQ.BB47 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Preexistence of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | AHDA.460.03 | ||||||
| BB00472 | Kitab al-Vahid 02 (Tablet to the second Letter of the Living) | 270 | Arabic | بسم الله الازل الازول. ان البهاء من عند الله علی اءزل اﻻ یزول و من لسان ذلک الأزل الی اءزل القیدوم | Now the Glory which cometh from God be upon the One Eternal, the One Eternally Active and from the tongue of that One Eternal unto the One Eternally Active, the Pre-Existent. Every affair returns unto I, Myself | DB.xxii.02, LABIB | HURQ.BB48 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00459 | Kitab al-Vahid 03 (Tablet to the thid Letter of the Living) | 290 | Arabic | بسم الله المعتمد العلی. الحمد لله الذی تسبح له من فی السموات و الأرض ﻻ اله الا هو العزیز المنیع هو الذی بیده | Praise be to God, Whom all that are in the heavens and on earth do glorify. There is none other God but He, the Mighty, the Incomparable. He it is in Whose Hand [3.5s] | DB.xxii.03, LABIB | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00440 | Kitab al-Vahid 04 (Tablet to the fourth Letter of the Living) | 320 | Arabic | بسم الله الاجمل الجمیل. یسبح الله ما فی السموات و الأرض و ما بینهم العزیز و الرحیم هو الذی نزل الکتاب | All that is in the heavens and upon the earth, and whatsoever lieth between them, glorifieth God, the Mighty, the All-Merciful. He it is Who hath sent down the Book [3.5s] | DB.xxii.04, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00448 | Kitab al-Vahid 05 (Tablet to the fifth Letter of the Living) | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقدم العزیز. سبحان الذی یدبر امر السموات و الأرض و ما بینهما الحی المحیط هو الذی مقتدر | Glorified be He Who administereth the affairs of the heavens and of the earth and of whatsoever lieth between them, the Ever-Living, the All-Encompassing. He, verily, is the Omnipotent [3.5s] | DB.xxii.05, LABIB | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00469 | Kitab al-Vahid 06 (Tablet to the sixth Letter of the Living) | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله المهیمن القیوم. قدس لله ما فی السموات و الأرض و ما بینهم العزیز الحکیم هو الذی بعث الثآء من عنده فضلاً | Hallowed be God, to whom belongeth whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them, the Mighty, the Wise. He it is who hath sent forth the letter Thá as a bounty unto [4o] | DB.xxii.06, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00420 | Kitab al-Vahid 07 (Tablet to the seventh Letter of the Living) | 350 | Arabic | بسم الله الاقدر الاعززالعزیز. سبحان الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره کن فیکون هو الذی بیده من فی السموات و الأرض | Glorified be He Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth through His command "Be, and it is!" He it is Who holdeth within His grasp all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s] | DB.xxii.07, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00442 | Kitab al-Vahid 08 (Tablet to the eighth Letter of the Living) | 310 | Arabic | بسم الله المتعزز الشریف. الحمد لله الذی قد خلق السموات و الارض بامره و ان الذین یؤمنون بالله و آیاته اولئک | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and verily they that believe in God and His signs, these are they [3.5s] | DB.xxii.08, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00437 | Kitab al-Vahid 09 (Tablet to the ninth Letter of the Living) | 320 | Arabic | بسم الله الاظهر المبین. سبحان الذی یخضع له من فی السموات و الأرض و ما بینهما قل کل الی الله یقلبون | Glorified be He before Whom all that dwell in the heavens and on earth, and whatsoever lieth between them, bow down in adoration. Say: All shall return unto God [3.5s] | DB.xxii.09, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00474 | Kitab al-Vahid 10 (Tablet to the tenth Letter of the Living) | 270 | Arabic | بسم الله البهی المتباهی. سبحان الذی یقدر مقادیر کل شیء بأمره کن فیکون هو الذی یعلم ما فی السموات | Glorified be He Who ordaineth the measure of all things by His command "Be, and it is!" He it is Who knoweth that which is in the heavens [3.5s] | DB.xxii.10, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00446 | Kitab al-Vahid 11 (Tablet to the eleventh Letter of the Living) | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله القائم القدوس. الحمد لله الذی قد خلق السموات و الارض بامره و ان الذین هم یؤمنون بالله و آیاته اولئک هم فی الرضوان | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and verily they that believe in God and His signs, these shall dwell in paradise [3.5s] | DB.xxii.11, LABIB | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00392 | Kitab al-Vahid 12 (Tablet to the twelfth Letter of the Living) | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الحی المهیمن المحبوب. الملک لله المقتدر المستعزز العزیز المتقدر القدوس هو الذی بعث فی الملک عبداً و الطفه | Sovereignty belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Most Exalted, the Mighty, the All-Subduing, the Most Holy, Who hath raised up within His dominion a servant and bestowed upon him His loving-kindness [3.5s] | DB.xxii.12, LABIB | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00466 | Kitab al-Vahid 13 (Tablet to the thirteenth Letter of the Living) | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله الاطهر الوفی. سبحان الذی مشیء ما یشآء بأمره قل کل بآیاته ذاکرون هو الذی یشهد علی ما کان العباد | Glorified be He Who ordaineth whatsoever He willeth through His command. Say: All are mindful of His signs. He it is Who beareth witness unto what the servants have done [3.5s] | DB.xxii.13, LABIB | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00396 | Kitab al-Vahid 14 (Tablet to the fourteenth Letter of the Living) | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله المتکبر العلی. طن ذکر طلعة ربک علیا نادی بأنی انا الحق قد کتب من عند الله حجة للعالمین جمیعا | Tá. Nún. The mention of thy Lord's exalted Countenance, Who proclaimed "Verily, I am the Truth!", hath been inscribed by God as a testimony unto all the worlds [3.5s] | DB.xxii.14, LABIB | Justice and wrath of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00480 | Kitab al-Vahid 15 (Tablet to the fifteenth Letter of the Living) | 260 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحان الذی من علی من یشآء بأمره و کل له ساجدون هو الذی یحیی و یمیت قل کل الیه راجعون | Glorified be He Who bestoweth grace upon whomsoever He willeth by His command, and before Whom all prostrate themselves. He it is Who giveth life and causeth death. Say: All return unto Him [3.5s] | DB.xxii.15, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00339 | Kitab al-Vahid 16 (Tablet to the sixteenth Letter of the Living) | 530 | Arabic | بسم الله المهیمن العزیز. قل الذی خلق السموات و الأرض قادر علی کل شیء و کل الیه یرجعون هو الذی یحیی | Say: He Who created the heavens and the earth hath power over all things, and unto Him shall all return. He it is Who giveth life [3.5s] | DB.xxii.16, LABIB | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00433 | Kitab al-Vahid 17 (Tablet to the seventeenth Letter of the Living) | 330 | Arabic | Translation List | بسم الله الاعلی الحمید. سبحان الذی تخضع له من فی السموات و الأرض قل کل الیه یبعثون هو الذی بیده من فی السموات | Glorified be He before Whom all the dwellers of earth and heaven humble themselves! Say: All shall find life in Him | DB.xxii.17, LABIB | HURQ.BB49, ADMS#036 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00443 | Kitab al-Vahid 18 (Tablet to the eighteenth Letter of the Living) | 310 | Arabic | بسم الله الابد الایزول. ان هذا کتاب من عند الثآء الی هیکل الثامن قبل عشر ان اشهد انه ﻻ اله الا هو الملک القدوس | This is a letter from the letter Thá unto the eighth temple before the ten: I testify that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy [3.5s] | DB.xxii.18, GANJP.007-008, LABIB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00285 | Kitab al-Vahid 19 (Tablet to the nineteenth Letter of the Living) | 680 | Arabic | Tablet to the Nineteenth Temple, The | بسم الله الحی المستعزز البدوح القریب. سبحان الذی قائم علی امره یعلم ما یخرج من السمآء و ما ینزل فی الأرض و ما یصعد الیها | Glorified be He Who standeth firm upon His Cause, the Knower of that which descendeth from the heavens, and that which cometh forth from the earth, and that which ascendeth thereto [4o] | DB.xxii.19, LABIB | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00426 | Kitab al-Vahid 20 (Tablet to "Him Who will be made manifest) | 340 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Bahá'u'lláh | بسم الله الملاک المعزز. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و کل له قانتون هو الذی بیده | Glorified is He before Whom all the dwellers of earth and heaven bow down in adoration and unto Whom all men turn in supplication. | DB.xxii.20, HNU.244a, SWBP#01 (p.001-002), LABIB | SWB#01 (p.003-005) | Declaration; advent of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||
| BB00025 | Kitab-i-A'mal al-sana (sahifa) = Sahifa Fatimiyya (Epistle on the Devotional Deeds of the Year) | 7600 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب بالحق هدی و ذکری للخاشعین و انه لکتاب قد فصل فی حکم شهرالله فی القران هدی و رحمة من عندالله لقوم ساجدین | Praised be to God Who hath, in very truth sent down the Book, a guidance and a remembrance for such as fear God. It is indeed a Book which sets forth regulations pertaining to the month(s) of God in the Qur'an | INBA50:106-158x, INBA_5006C:262-278, , INBA_6007C.413-452, PR04.168v01-194v07, MKI4499.118-147, AEWB.001-060, | HNMJ.021-027x, HNMJ.027-030x, HNMJ.031-036x | HURQ.BB30x | Law of obligatory prayer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#05, AHDA.452.2, AHDA.461.02?, SRC.048, SRC.064-065, SRC.197, GOH.031 | |||||
| BB00409 | Kitab-i-Aqa Muhammad Hasan-i-Yazdi | 370 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت ثم العز و الجبروت ثم القدرة و اللاهوت ثم القوة و الیاقوت ثم السلطنة و الناسوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, and then the Glory and the Power, and then the Might and the Empyrean, and then the Strength and the Brilliance, and then the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causest death, then givest death and causest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living [3.5s] | MKI4494.093 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00001 | Kitab-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book) | 10520 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) | ان اول ما کتب الله علی العباد عرفان مشرق وحیه و مطلع امره الذی کان مقام | The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws | INBA43:069, BLIB_Or02820.001, , BLIB_Or15691.001, , BLIB_Or15729.002, , BLIB_Or15737a.001, , CMB_F29, CMB_F30, CMB_F31, IOM.095-096, NLAI_22848:006, LEID.Or4969x, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p001v, CUL.X893.7.B11, MKI4522.002, , BN_6397 | BRL_AqdasA, GWBP#037 p.062bx, GWBP#056 p.078x, GWBP#070 p.093x, GWBP#071 p.094x, GWBP#072 p.095x, GWBP#098 p.130bx, GWBP#105 p.137x, GWBP#155 p.213x, GWBP#159 p.216x, GWBP#166 p.222bx, ROB3.000x, OOL.B015 | AQDS, GWB#037x, GWB#056x, GWB#070x, GWB#071x, GWB#072x, GWB#098x, GWB#105x, GWB#155x, GWB#159x, GWB#166x, BADM.016x, BADM.021ax, COF.018-019x, TDH#082x, TDH#158.3x, GPB.102x2x, GPB.112x, GPB.154x, GPB.170x2x, GPB.176x, GPB.195x, GPB.206x6x, GPB.207x3x, GPB.208x5x, GPB.209x5x, GPB.211x, GPB.214x7x, GPB.215x15x, GPB.215-216x, GPB.216x, GPB.225x, GPB.226x4x, GPB.230-231x, GPB.231x, GPB.242x, GPB.254x, GPB.325x, GPB.331-332x, GPB.376x, GPB.390x, GPB.395-396x, GPB.396x, MBW.166x, MBW.168x, PDC.040x, PDC.040-042x, PDC.042x, PDC.058-059x, PDC.059x, PDC.059-060x, PDC.064-065x, PDC.092x, PDC.092-093x, PDC.095x, PDC.100x, PDC.118-119x, PDC.121x, PDC.133-134x, PDC.134-135x, PDC.161x, PDC.187x, WOB.105x, WOB.109x, WOB.146x, WOB.132x, WOB.134x, WOB.162x, WOB.171-172x, WOB.172x, WOB.176x, SW_v01#05 p.009x, SW_v14#04 p.112 (et al)x, DWN_v1#02 p.002-003x, DWN_v2#09 p.069-070x, BLO_PT#045, BLO_PT#056, BSC.110 #043-044+046x, BSC.156 #138-139x, BSC.262 #547x | unknown (¶1-190), Soulrise Melodies (¶4), S. and S. Toloui-Wallace (¶11), E. Mahony (¶11), Soulrise Melodies (¶16), W. Heath (¶31), Soulrise Melodies (¶33), unknown (¶38), S. Jaberi (¶38), T. Nosrat (¶51), J. Mohajer (¶51), Soulrise Melodies (¶74), G.H. Miller (¶91), E. Mahony (¶182), Sophie, Siria and Ashkan (¶182), Bahareh & Scott (¶182), J. Crone (¶182), B. Khademi (¶182), MANA (¶182), Leona and Larry (¶182) | The ‘mother book’ of the Bahá’í Dispensation, announcing to the kings of the earth the promu … | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Begging; mendicancy; idleness and sloth; Call to action; Cleanliness and refinement; Confession of sins; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Justice; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of burial and cremation; Law of fasting; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of inheritance; Law of obligatory prayer; Law of pilgrimage; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Laws of marriage and dowry; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Moderation; frugality; simplicity; Monasticism; asceticism; Murder; causing physical harm; Nineteen-Day Feast; Parents and children; youth; families; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for women; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Theft; seizing the properties of others; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unchastity and adultery; Words vs deeds; Work as worship | 3a | * | * | LAC.213-257, ROB3.275 et al, BKOG.351 et al, GPB.206 et al, EBTB.155, EBTB.189, MMAH.199, GSH.133, LL#027 | |
| BB00003 | Kitab-i-Asma' (Book of Names) | >500000 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Kitáb-i-Asma (Book of Names); Tablet of the Báb to the Sherif of Mecca | الباب الاول من الواحد الاول ... بسم الله الاسمم الاسمم. لا اله الا هو الأرشد الأرشد قل الله ارشد فوق کل ذا ارشاد لن يقدر ان يمتنع عن مليک سلطان ارشاده | God, no God is there save Him., the Supremely Guided (al-arshad), the Supremely Guided (al-arshad). Say: God proffers a Guidance (arshad) beyond every possessor of Guidance (irshad)…. O Lord! Enable all the peoples of the earth to gain admittance | INBA60:156-166x, INBA64:025.10-030.01x, INBA82:060-066x, INBA_6002C, INBA29, PR02.069v01-069v20x, PR03.150v08-151v11x, PR24.069r-072vx, PR30.001-344, CMB_F16x, CMB_F18x, CMB_F23.171v04-174r04 (58)x, , CMB_F17x, CMB_F19x, BLIB_Or5278, BLIB_Or5481, BLIB_Or5869, BLIB_Or6255, BN_5806, BN_5807, BN_6141, BN_6142, BLIB_Or5487-5490, , MKI4491, MKI4492, MKI4493, IOL (12:1-18)x, IOM.091-092x, HBH_asma, BYC_asma | MANU.039-045x, TZH2.006x, SWBP#07 (p.018-024x), SWBP#11 (p.092-106x), SWBP#15 (p.109-110x), SWBP#28 (p.121-122x), SWBP#31 (p.124-125x), SWBP#32 (p.125-125(a)x), SWBP#33 (p.125-125(b)x), SWBP#47 (p.136-136x), OOL.A008 | SWB#07 (p.029-037x), SWB#11 (p.129-149x), SWB#15 (p.155-155x), SWB#29 (p.172-172x), SWB#32 (p.176(a)x), SWB#33 (p.176(b)x), SWB#34 (p.177(a)x), SWB#48 (p.191-191x), BPRY.081x, BPRY.234x, GOH.passim (see index), HURQ.BB58x | E. Mahony, A. Bryan, G.H. Miller, K. Key | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Business; financial; property matters; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Courtesy; culture [adab]; Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential distinction of Manifestation of God from others; Excellence; distinction; Exhortations and counsels; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Importance of reading the Sacred Writings; Justice and wrath of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Literature; drama; humanities; the arts; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as mirror; Martyrs and martyrdom; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Oneness; unity of religion; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Order; organization; tact; deliberation [tadbir]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Predictions and prophecies; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Relativity of religious truth; Return of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud]; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Words vs deeds | 3 | * | - | BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, AHDA.447.7, MMAH.065, SRC.091-092, SRC.188, GOH.036 and passim | Note that the Partial Inventory states that the word count is more than 500,000 words. | |
| BB00206 | Kitab-i-Ismi’l-Vahid | 960 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.068a06-073a06 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00004 | Kitab-i-Jaza' (Book of the Reckoning) | >100000 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | فلتسبحن الله فی دین الحق تسبیحاً عظیماً. سبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت یاقوتیات السموات و الارض وما بینهما فلتسبحن الله فی دین الحق تسبیحاً عظیماً... شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له ساجدون | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the ruby-like realms of the heavens and of the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Therefore glorify ye God in the true Faith with mighty glorification. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All are His worshippers. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All bow down before Him [3.5s]... ...God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the kingdoms in the heavens and on the earth and all that is between them | PR09.001-274x, PR40.099v-204vx, CMB_F23.190r10-199r12 (65)x, , MKI4488.029r-133vx, MKI4500.001-119vx, MKI4517, BYC_misc-a.001-203x, BYC_jazax, BYC_misc-b.130a05-162a03x | TZH3.070.12-072.21x, SWBP#13 (p.108-109x), SWBP#14 (p.109-109x), SWBP#49 (p.136-137x) | SWB#13 (p.153-154x), SWB#14 (p.154-155x), SWB#50 (p.192-193x), BPRY.231-232x | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Angels; Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Call to action; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Cleanliness and refinement; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings; Continual renewal of creation; Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Creation of the world; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Declaration; advent of the Bab; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Exhortations and counsels; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Free will and predestination; fate; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Imam 'Ali; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Letters of the Living; Life and death; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Limits of the intellect; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Muhammad; Islam; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Outward and inward meanings; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Power of prayer; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for parents; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Predictions and prophecies; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Purpose; goal of creation; Religion as reality; definitions of religion; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Return of the Manifestations of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Symbolism of color and light; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The first and the last; the seen and the hidden; The golden rule; regard for one's neighbor; doing unto others; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Unity in diversity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | JRAS.482, MSBR.206-207, SRC.095, SRC.102 | |||||
| BB00011 | Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers) | 22000 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Ethiopian King, The | Kitab-i-Si Du'a (Book of 30 prayers) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتفرد المتقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاحبن ان اعرجن الیک بجوهر کافور سری و ما قد قدرت فی علانیتی لاصعدن لدیک بما قد قدرت فی ساذج کینونیتی | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I verily long to ascend unto Thee with the essence of my most hidden being, and with whatsoever Thou hast ordained in my outward self; that I may rise into Thy presence with that which Thou hast decreed in the pure substance of my reality [3.5s]... ...Thou art aware, O My God, that since the day Thou didst call Me into being out of the water of Thy love till I reached fifteen years of age… Send down, then, upon me, O my God, when I was seven years old and upon him who raised me on Thy behalf, whose name is Mubarak | PR03.004r17-038v18x | SWBP#38 (p.128-129x) | SWB#39 (p.180-182x) | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Impossibility of true worship of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for the departed; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual warfare; struggle; Thankfulness; gratitude; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | see https://clearwaterbahais.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethiopian-King.pdf | ||||
| BB00295 | Kitabi Haji Shaykh | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک المناعة و الاستجلال ... کل شیء قدیرا لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا صمدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Inaccessibility and the Transcendence... Thou art powerful over all things. Thou hast ever been one God, Single, Eternal [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.056a09-059b01 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00272 | Kitabu’l-‘Azim | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.073a07-076b10 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00091 | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama I (Bushihr) | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو الغنی الجمیل و انه کتاب لا ریب فیه فصل فی حکم باطن القران | Praised be to God who sends down the Book upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. He, verily, no God is there except Him. | INBA67:206-216, INBA91:082.02-094.10, INBA_4011C:318-328, , INBA_6007C.452-463, INBA_4012C.083-092, , PR03.063r10-065r26, PR04.106v02-115v02, PR07.049v-052v, CMB_F21.224.02-232.13#32, , BYC_collect5 | HNU.085x, HNU.134x, AHDA.107 | DB.148fn1, DB.129fn2, HURQ.BB22x, RR.121x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.03, GPB.024, BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.034, SRC.074, SRC.098, SRC.189 | ||||||
| BB00094 | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II | 1900 | Arabic | إلى علماء تبريز | Kitabu’l-‘Ulama II (Tablet of the Báb Revealed to the Divines of Tabríz) | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و انا کل له ساجدون سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما و انا کل له قانتون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and all who dwell upon the earth, and verily, we all all bow down in adoration before Him. Exalted is He by Whose praise all who are in the heavens and the earth, and all that lieth between them, extol; and we all, indeed, stand in devout obedience unto Him. God beareth witness.. [4o] | TZH2.476-483, AHDA.332x | BLO_PT#221 | Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures | - | - | AHDA.460.06?, MMAH.034 | |||||
| BB00403 | Kitabu’l-Ahmad | 380 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یمن علی ما یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو ذو الفضل العظیم و اثنی علی محمد صلی الله علیه و اله بما اثناه الله فی قدم الذات و ذروة الصفات | Praise be to God Who bestoweth His bounty upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Possessor of infinite grace. And I extol Muhammad—upon Him and His kindred be the blessings of God—with such praise wherewith God hath lauded Him in the eternity of His Essence and the summit of His attributes [3.5s] | PR07.031v-032r, CMB_F21.133.09-134.19#23, , BYC_collect3.024-025 | TZH3.460.14-461.16 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095, SRC.204 | |||||||
| BB00044 | Kitabu’l-Ba’th | 4400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الأمر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیرا شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب شهد الله انه لا اله الا الله قل کل باللیل و النهار له عابدون | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. God beareth witness that there is none other God but God. Say: All, by night and by day, worship Him [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.289-337, BYC_pray.106.01-117.22 | Alchemy; the elixir; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00087 | Kitabu’l-Bashir | 2100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الله لا اله الا هو الابشر الابشر و انما البهاء من الله ثم من کل شیء علی الواحد الاول و من یشاهد ذالک الواحد الی ان لا یحصی احد لا بما یعد و لا بما لایعد و بعد فلتشهدن علی الله | God, no God is there but Him, the Giver of tidings! Verily, the glory from God, and then from all things, be unto the first Vahid, and unto whoso beholdeth that Vahid, until none can reckon their number, neither by that which can be counted nor by that which cannot be counted. Then ye shall testify unto God [3.5s] | PR03.061r04-063r08 | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Love of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Presence of; reunion with God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Purpose; goal of creation; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00107 | Kitabu’l-Javad | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الاجود الاجود. بالله الله الاجود الاجود بجود الله الاجود الاجود قل اللهم انک انت جواد السموات و الارض و ما بینهما | By God, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! Through the bounty of God, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! Say: O God! Verily Thou art the All-Bountiful One of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them [3.5s] | CMB_F23.089v06-093v06 (19), | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Word of God the cause of creation | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00314 | Kitabu’l-Karim | 590 | Arabic | هو الاکبر بسم الله الاکرم الاکرم. الله لا اله الا هو الأکرم الأکرم و إنما البهاء من الله على الواحد الأعظم | God, no God is there but Him, the Most Bountiful, the Most Bountiful! And verily all glory proceedeth from God upon the Most Great One [3.5s] | PR03.136v18-137r25 | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00252 | Kitabu’l-Katib | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک القوة و الفعال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Power and the Action [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.059b02-063a10 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00464 | Kitabu’l-Mashhudiyyah | 280 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. السلام من السلام و بالسلام الی السلام یعود السلام لا اله الا هو المعبود کل البریة الیه یرجعون | Peace [Salám, = greeting] is from Peace, and through Peace unto Peace doth Peace return. There is none other God but He, the Worshipped One, unto Whom all creation returneth [3.5s] | INBA98:110.08-111.09 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00034 | Kitabu’l-Mulk | 5800 | Arabic | بسم الله الاملک الاملک. بسم الله الملک الملک بسم الله الملک الملک بسم الله الملک الملاک بسم الله المالک المالک | In the name of God, the Sovereign, the Sovereign! In the Name of God, the Sovereign, the Sovereign! In the Name of God, the King of Kings! In the Name of God, the All-Possessing, the All-Possessing [3.5s] | BYC_pray.001.01-018.22 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Oneness; unity of religion; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for governments and rulers; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00033 | Kitabu’l-Qiyama | 5900 | Arabic | هو الاقدس. شهد الله أن لا اله الا هو و إن ما دونه خلق له و کل له عابدون و إنی لأشهدن الله ربی رب السموات و رب الأرض رب کل شیء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that whatsoever is other than Him is His creation, and all are His worshippers. And verily I bear witness unto God, my Lord, the Lord of the heavens and the Lord of the earth, Lord of all things [3.5s] | BYC_jabar.209.17-212.07x | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00217 | Kitabu’l-Siyyah | 920 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاکبریاء و لک القو و الاستقلال و لک البهجة و الابتهاج | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Greatness and the Pride, Thine the Power and the Independence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.063b01-068a04 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00682 | Kitabu’l-Taqavi | 780 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الکمال و لک الوجهة و الجمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Majesty and the Grandeur, Thine the Splendor and the Perfection, Thine the Countenance and the Beauty, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Authority and the Justice, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverance [3.5s] | MKI4515.075r-78r | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00191 | Kitabu’n-Nasiri’n-Nasir | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک القوة و الفعال و لک المثل و الامثال | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Power and the Deeds, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.051a03-056a07 | Chastisement and requital; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00040 | Kitabu’sh-Shahadah | 5000 | Arabic | بسمه العلی العظیم. حمد و ثناء ذات اقدسی را سزاوار است که لم یزل منزه بوده طلعت حضرت او از وصف ماسوای او | Praise and glory befit that Most Sacred Being, Who hath ever been sanctified beyond the description of aught else beside Him [3.5s] | INBA64:030.03-033.14x | Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01342 | Lawh-i Shati’u’l-Baqa (Tablet of the Shore of Eternity) | 640 | Arabic | هذا شاطی البقا فاستمع لما یوحی عن مکمن الاعلی انه لا اله الا هو قد خلق الممکنات | This is the Shore of Eternity; hearken unto that which is revealed from the Most Exalted Sanctuary: Verily, there is no God but Him. He hath created all contingent beings [3.5s] | INBA71:089 | BRL_DA#634 | Moses; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00023 | Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Celestial Spheres) | 3020 | Arabic | Tablet of the Universe (Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih); Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers | Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe) | الحمد لله الذی جعل اسمائه و صفاته لم یزل نافذه احکامها فی مراتب الوجود | Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence | INBA55:048, INBA59:027b, UMich962.036-050, UMich991.150-170 | MKT1.013, MNMK#006 p.047, MILAN.001, AVK2.150.10x, MAS5.147x, ADH2.093x, ADH2_2#16 p.121x, MMG2#122 p.140x, YHA1.375x, DLS.319, OOL.C005 | BLO_PT#142 | Treatise highlighting the intimate connection between physical and spiritual realities and laws. Op … | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Infinity and eternity; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | 1 | * | - | |||
| BH00130 | Lawh-i-Ahbab | 3770 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends) | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی اذا سمع الندا من شطر ربه الابهی قال بلی یا اله من | This is a Book from Our presence unto him who, when he heard the Call from the direction of his Most Glorious Lord, responded "Yea, verily, O my God!" [3.5s]... ...O Pen of Revelation! Call thou to mind the Baptizer. Say: The Day of baptism hath come. Blessed is the one who hath baptized himself with the baptism of God | INBA34:069, BLIB_Or11095#001, | AQA1#002, AVK4.476ax, MAS4.159x, ASAT3.071x, BCH.032x, PYK.031x, OOL.B022 | ADMS#244, BTO#02x | Addresses various followers with words of advice and encouragement, calling them to be united, to be … | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | - | ROB3.258, GSH.187, LL#038 | ||
| BH02022 | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Arabic) | 440 | Arabic | Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad); Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic); Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)) | هذه ورقه الفردوس تغنی علی افنان سدره البقا بالحان قدس ملیح و یبشر المخلصین | Lo, the Nightingale of Paradise singeth upon the twigs of the Tree of Eternity, with holy and sweet melodies | INBA19:001, INBA32:002, INBA36:041, INBA71:199, INBA30:076, BN_suppl.1974.067 | BRL_DA#197, AHM.193, RSBB.007, SFI17.008, TZH4.302, TSBT.215, NSR_1993.025, NFF1.016, BSHA.032, ASAT5.103x, ABMK.052, OOL.B023a | BPRY.307 | Ahdieh, L. Slott, G.H. Miller, Seals & Crofts, L. Bergsmo & S. Vadeghani, R. Lehmer-Chang, MANA, N. Hamilton, R. Grammer [track 2], L. Dely, L. Dely & M. Congo, KC Porter, Ladjamaya [track 15], almunajat.com [item 19], F. Dehghan & M. Weigert | Brief words of consolation and encouragement to its recipient, affirming the prophetic station of th … | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power of prayer; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2a | * | * | ROB2.107, MMAH.183, GSH.074, LL#040 | |
| BH01822 | Lawh-i-Amr | 490 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | هذا لوح الامر قد نزل من لدن مالک القدر لیقرب الناس الی المنظر الاکبر هذا المقام | This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down from the presence of the Lord of Destiny, that it may draw mankind nigh unto the Most Great Vision, this exalted station [3.5s]... ...There hath appeared in this Revelation what hath never appeared before. As to the infidels that have witnessed what hath been manifested | INBA34:145, BLIB_Or15707.079, , BLIB_Or15735.242, , NLAI_BH3.157 | BRL_DA#660, GWBP#067 p.090x, AQA1#024, AVK2.274.04x, SFI13.017, ASAT1.207x, TISH.276-278, FBAH.143, DLH2.218, HYK.242, LDR.430x | GWB#067x | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | ROB2.161, LL#047 | |||||
| BH10665 | Lawh-i-Amr(?) | 70 | Arabic | هذا لوح الامر قد نزل بالحق من لدن منزل قدیما و یذکر فیه امه من اماء الله لتشکر ربها و تکون | This is the Tablet of Command which hath been sent down in truth from the presence of the Ancient Revealer, wherein mention is made of a handmaiden among the handmaidens of God, that she may render thanks unto her Lord and be [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15694.631c, , ALIB.folder18p500e | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00870 | Lawh-i-Anta'l-Kafi (Long Healing Prayer) | 940 | Arabic | Long Healing Prayer, The; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Healing prayer, Long | بک یا علی بک یا وفی بک یا بهی انت الکافی و انت الشافی و انت الباقی یا باقی بک | I call on Thee O Exalted One, O Faithful One, O Glorious One! Thou the Sufficing, Thou the Healing, Thou the Abiding, O Thou Abiding One! | INBA36:448, NLAI_BH_AB.103 | BRL_DA#075, AHM.183, TSBT.207, NFF2.017x, ABMK.048, OOL.B025 | BPRY.102, BLO_PT#053 | Ahdieh, L. Thoresen [track 5], The Badasht Project, A. Youssefi (1), A. Youssefi (2), A.Youssefi (3), E. Mahony, Gyenyame, K. Rushdy, N. Ward, unknown, C. Frith | Prayer for healing, rhyming and with repeated refrain, invoking various names of God for the curing … | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for healing; Prayer for protection | 2a | * | * | GSH.186, LL#052 | |
| BH00948 | Lawh-i-Aqa Siyyid Hasan | 870 | Arabic | قد ارتفع ندآء الله عن یمین الرضوان بندآء الذی یسمعه حقایق کل الاشیاء بین الارض | The call of God hath been raised from the right hand of the Ridván with such a call as is heard by the realities of all things upon the earth [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15702.100, , NLAI_BH2.122, ALIB.folder18p269 | AQA4#097 p.328, AQA4a.123, MAS4.139bx, ASAT4.023x | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#057 | |||||||
| BH00505 | Lawh-i-Aqdas (Tablet to the Christians) | 1470 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Miscellaneous historical and doctrinal topics; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet) | هذا کتاب من لدنا الی الذی مامنعته سبحات الاسماء عن الله فاطر الارض و السما | This is an Epistle from Our presence unto him whom the veils of names have failed to keep back from God | INBA34:100, BLIB_Or15735.163, , CMB_F32.085, | AQA1#006, SFI16.025, NSR_1993.024ax, ASAT1.168x, ASAT4.185x, HYK.163, TBP#02, OOL.B026 | TB#02, COF.030ax, TDH#158.3x, GPB.210x8x, GPB.253x, GPB.396x, PDC.166x, PDC.166-167x, PDC.167-168x, PDC.168x, PDC.174x, WOB.078x, SW_v04#01 p.013, SW_v04#01 p.014-020, BSC.124 #049 | Ahdieh | Announces to an unnamed Christian Bahá’u’lláh’s revelation as the fulfilment of Christian pr … | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Monasticism; asceticism; Mosaic imagery; Proclamation to Christians; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | * | ROB4.227 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.209, WOB.104, MMAH.165, GSH.164-168, LL#060 | |
| BH00597 | Lawh-i-Ashraf | 1270 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet to Ashraf | Lawh-i Ashraf (Tablet to Ahsraf) | ان یا اشرف اسمع ما یلقیک لسان القدم و لاتکن من الغافلین و ان استماع نغمه من نغمات | O Ashraf, listen carefully to what the Tongue of the Eternal has to say. Any one of the melodies of your Lord would be sufficient to attract the hearts | INBA83:216, BLIB_Or15702.276, , NLAI_BH2.308, ALIB.folder18p167 | BRL_DA#722, GWBP#052 p.075x, AVK3.088.11x, MJMM.211, ASAT1.123x, ASAT1.140x, ASAT2.065x, ASAT5.347x, OOL.B027 | GWB#052x, BLO_PT#171 | A summons to the recognition of Bahá’u’lláh, naming the proofs of His cause as His own self, H … | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | ROB2.230, ROB2.120, GSH.186, LL#063 | Quoted in the Lawh-i-Istintaq, BH00015. | |
| AB00444 | Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs) | 590 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Ayat (Tablet of the Signs) | سبحان من انشا الوجود و ابدع کل موجود و بعث المخلصین مقاما محمود و اظهر الغیب | Praise be to Him Who hath made the world of being, and hath fashioned all that is, Him Who hath raised up the sincere to a station of honour | INBA13:398, INBA55:229, INBA59:148, INBA88:051, UMich962.092-094, UMich991.047-051 | BRL_DAK#0958, MKT1.137, MNMK#021 p.099, MMK1#004 p.013, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.v, BCH.130, DLH2.223, OOL.C008 | SWAB#004, SW_v09#03 p.032-034, DWN_v3#08 p.070-073, STYLE.043x | Chastisement and requital; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | x | * | * | ||||
| BH02169 | Lawh-i-Baqa | 410 | Arabic | هذا لوح البقا من لدی البهاء الی الذی فاز بعرفان الله و شرب کوثر الحیوان من | This is the Tablet of Eternity which cometh from the All-Glorious unto he who hath attained the deep knowledge of God and did drink of the Kawthar of Life | INBA34:160, BLIB_Or15707.112, , BLIB_Or15735.270, , NLAI_BH1.005 | AQA1#033, AVK4.437ax, HYK.270, OOL.B031 | HURQ.BH68 | Brief tablet assuring the recipient of a lofty station in the world to come and counselling him to d … | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat] | 3a | * | - | GSH.185, LL#076 | ||||
| BH00336 | Lawh-i-Burhan (= Lawh-i-Raqsha?) | 1960 | Arabic | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Burhan (Tablet of the Proof) | قد احاطت اریاح البغضا سفینه البطحا بما اکتسبت ایدی الظالمین یا باقر قد افتیت | The winds of hatred have encompassed the Ark of Baṭḥá, by reason of that which the hands of the oppressors have wrought | INBA47:126, INBA35:119x, INBA90:026, INBA97:072, BLIB_Or15729.119, , NLAI_22848:289, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p150r, , UMich962.105-113, MKI4522.289, | AQA2#008 p.152, AVK3.110.07x, AVK4.284ax, AVK4.454bx, MJMM.053, NNY.245, RHQM2.0965-973 (399) (247-252), ASAT2.073x, ASAT3.250x, ASAT4.034x, ASAT4.052x, ASAT4.376x, LDR.217x, TBP#14, OOL.B035, OOL.B110 | TB#14, BADM.173-174x, GPB.211x, GPB.218x, GPB.231x, GPB.232x3x, PDC.159x, WOB.179x | Condemns in fiery language two members of the Shiite clergy for their roles in the martyrdom of two … | Chastisement and requital; Empty learning; false spirituality; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | 3b | * | * | ROB4.091 et al, GPB.219, MMAH.219, GSH.145, LL#081 | ||
| BH02467 | Lawh-i-Firayjat | 360 | Arabic | Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq) | Lawh-i-Firayjat (Tablet of Firayját) | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی انادیک حین الذی تغن حمامه الفراق عن شطر العراق | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I call upon Thee at this time when the accents of the dove of separation are raised | INBA18:247, INBA71:030b, INBA92:123 | BRL_DA#241, UVM.064.20x | BRL_APBH#18 | unknown (1), unknown (2) | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||
| BH01547 | Lawh-i-Haqq | 560 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Haqq (Tablet of the Ultimately Real) | ان یا ملا الحق قد ظهر الحق عن افق الحق فی هذالحق الذی طلع عن مطلع الحق | O concourse of the Ultimately Real One! The Truly Real One has, in very Truth, been made manifest from the horizon of Ultimately Real | INBA37:141, OSAI I.MMS, | BRL_DA#720, GSH.037, ASAT3.117x, OOL.B041 | HURQ.BH09 | Announces to ‘the followers of the True One’ the appearance of the Spirit of Truth, round which … | Power of the Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2a | * | - | MMAH.133, LL#001 | |||
| BH00423 | Lawh-i-Haqqu'n-Nas | 1650 | Arabic | Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas; Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) | Lawh-i Haqqun-Nas (Tablet of the Right of the People) | الحمد لله الذی وفی بما اوحی علی کافة انبیائه و رسله و بشر الکل بایامه و منها یوم | Praise be to God Who fulfilled what He revealed to all His Prophets and Messengers and gave to all the tidings of His days | MAS7.119, VUJUD.102x | BLO_PT#016, BLO_PT#162, VUJUDE.189x | Answers a question about the execution of justice in the next world as a result of actions in this w … | Goodly deeds; actions; Islamic laws and jurisprudence; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | 3b | - | - | ROB3.286, ROB3.296-297, LL#356 | |||
| BH01069 | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (=Lawh-i-Samsun) | 780 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Hawdaj (Tablet of the Howdah) | تلک آیات ظهرت فی خدر البقا و هودج القدس حین ورود اسم الاعظم عن شطر السبحان | These verses were revealed behind the Veil of Immortality, in the Howdah of Holiness, when the Most Great Name arrived | BRL_DA#728, LHKM1.012, SFI08.015, ASAT4.241x, AKHA_122BE #10 p.ax, AKHA_122BE #10 p.bx, OOL.B042, OOL.B078 | GPB.157x2x, HURQ.BH29 | Written upon Bahá’u’lláh’s arrival on the shores of the Black Sea en route to Istanbul, anno … | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Power of the Manifestation of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 2a | * | - | ROB2.006, BKOG.195, GPB.157, MMAH.111, GSH.067, LL#115, LL#235 | See howdah at wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdah. | |||
| BB00035 | Lawh-i-Haykalu'd-Din | 5800 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | هو. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک ذو الملاکین قد قدر فی الباب الاول ذکر نفسه نفسه انه لا اله الی هو له الاسماء الملکی ... الابد مثل الابد قد قدر فی الباب الثانی | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the King, Possessor of the Kingdoms. In the First Gate He hath ordained mention of His Own Self, His Very Self - verily there is none other God but Him. His are the sovereign Names unto all eternity, like unto eternity. In the Second Gate He hath ordained [3.5s]... ...Ye shall assuredly find All Good in the numerical difference between Qá’im and Qayyúm, in nine years | BYC_haykal | GOH.353x, HURQ.BB60x | Cleanliness and refinement; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Grammar and orthography; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | SRC.186 | ||||||
| BH00223 | Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) | 2680 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) | کتاب انزله الرحمن من ملکوت البیان و انه لروح الحیوان لاهل الامکان تعالی الله | This is an Epistle which the All-Merciful hath sent down from the Kingdom of Utterance. It is truly a breath of life… Say: Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God! | INBA47:098, INBA90:001, INBA30:052, INBA81:024, BLIB_Or15729.106, , NLAI_22848:255, NLAI_BH3.142, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p133v, , Ghazi3072.045-093, UMich962.095-105, MKI4522.255, MKI4524.290, BN_suppl.1753.089-100 | AQA2#006 p.130, ADM2#011 p.026x, AVK4.437bx, MJMM.037, RSBB.092, NSR_1993.047x, ASAT1.042-043x, ASAT1.190x, ASAT1.156x, ASAT5.213x, ASAT5.372x, ADH1.103x, TBP#09, OOL.B043 | TB#09, BPRY.199x, PN_1900_heh p013, ADJ.025x, GPB.197x, PDC.186-187x, SW_v14#09 p.257x, BSC.189 #277-338 | Arrayanes, Rafael, Efe, Sabria & Maarten, L. Dely & M. Congo [track 8], P. Held & C. Bahia [track 9], almunajat.com [item 23] | Calls on the people to observe a number of spiritual maxims; answers a question regarding the origin … | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Corruption and decline of Islam; of the Shi'ih; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Heat and motion; Purpose; goal of creation; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God sanctified from time and place | 3b | * | * | ROB4.033 et al, BKOG.382, GPB.219, EBTB.115, MMAH.085, GSH.139, LL#116 | |
| BH00454 | Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden) | 1580 | Arabic | Tablet of the Maiden | Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden) | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اذکرک حینئذ حین الذی استشرقت شمس الوهیتک عن افق سماء | Praise be unto Thee, O Lord, My God! I mention Thee at this moment when the Sun of Thy divinity is shining from the horizon of the Heaven | INBA48:036, INBA66:004, INBA92:001, BLIB_Or15714.058, , BLIB_Or15739.080, | AQA4#102 p.342, AQA4a.379, SFI16.008-012, ASAT3.134x, ASAT4.049x, OOL.B045 | BLO_PT#133, HURQ.BH20 | Describes a visionary encounter with the Maid of Heaven, who looks deeply within His soul and expire … | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mystical themes; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | - | ROB1.125, ROB3.223, BKOG.167, MMAH.211, GSH.020, LL#118 | ||
| BH04150 | Lawh-i-Husayn 1 | 220 | Arabic | ان یا حسین اسمع ندائی من شطر سجنی لیجذبک الی ملکوت امری و جبروت عظمتی ان ربک | O Husayn! Hearken unto My call from the precincts of My prison, that it may attract thee to the Kingdom of My Cause and the dominion of My majesty. Verily, thy Lord [3.5s] | INBA34:255 | AQA1#116, OOL.B046a | Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00431 | Lawh-i-Ibna' | 1630 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | تلک لآیات الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله و آیاته و هم من فزع | These are the verses of God, the All-Protecting, the Self-Subsisting, unto them that have believed in God and His signs, and who are among those that are in terror [3.5s]... ...And now, concerning thy question regarding the creation of man. Know thou that all men have been created in the nature made by God | INBA35:063 | BRL_DA#109, GWBP#077 p.101ax, RSBB.069, TZH5.148x, MAS1.065x, AHDW.010, YIK.050-054, OOL.B161 | BRL_ATBH#38x, GWB#077x, GPB.242x, SW_v08#14 p.185x | Admonishes the believers not to deny Him, not to forget the Covenant established in the Bayán and i … | Free will and predestination; fate; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB2.259-260, LL#141, LL#384, LL#433 | ||||
| BH00627 | Lawh-i-Ibrahim | 1220 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | ان یا ایها السائل فاعلم بان حضر بین یدینا کتاب من الذی اشتعل بنار الله و وجدنا فیه | O thou who dost inquire! Know thou that there hath appeared before Us a letter from one who hath been enkindled with the fire of God, and therein We found [3.5s]... ...It hath been decreed by Us that the Word of God and all the potentialities thereof shall be manifested unto men in strict conformity with such conditions | INBA83:279, Berlin1237#23, ALIB.folder18p181 | BRL_DA#746, GWBP#033 p.057ax, GWBP#038 p.063x, GWBP#127 p.175x, MAS8.171x | GWB#033x, GWB#038x, GWB#127x, PDC.194x, WOB.059x, WOB.117x, WOB.164x | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for forgiveness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#125, LL#142, LL#404 | |||||
| BH02551 | Lawh-i-Istiqamat | 350 | Arabic | Lawh-Istiqamat (Tablet of Constancy) | نوصیکم یا عباد الرحمن بالامانه و الصدق و الوفاء و بتقوی الله العزیز الحکیم | We counsel you, O servants of the All-Merciful, to trustworthiness and truthfulness and fidelity, and to fear of God, the Mighty, the All-Wise [3.5s]... ...Can it be possible that after the dawning of the day-star of Thy Testament above the horizon of Thy Most Great Tablet | BLIB_Or15696.150a, | LHKM1.113, OOL.B170 | GPB.250-251x, RKS.134-135 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||
| BH02758 | Lawh-i-Jamal 2 | 320 | Arabic | ج ل اسمع ندآء ربک الغنی المتعال قم علی الامر و امر الناس بالمعروف کذلک یامرک | O Jalíl! Hearken unto the Call of thy Lord, the Self-Sufficing, the Most Exalted. Arise in the Cause and enjoin the people unto that which is good. Thus doth He command thee [3.5s] | INBA34:187 | AQA1#052, OOL.B049b | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03529 | Lawh-i-Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Ibrahim (Kitab al-Fajr) | 260 | Arabic | کتاب الفجر من افق الامر قد کان بالجهر مشهودا من قرء حرفا منه توجه الی شطر | The Book of Dawn hath appeared from the horizon of the Command, manifest unto all. Whosoever readeth a single letter thereof turneth toward its direction [3.5s] | BLIB_Or11095#168, | AQA4#101 p.341, AQA4a.129 | Consolation and comfort; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | LL#113 | |||||||
| BH04650 | Lawh-i-Karim 1 | 200 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء الکریم انه لهو الغفور الرحیم الا تضطرب من الفراق قد | O Karím! Hearken to the Voice of the Most Bountiful [al-Karím]; He is, in truth, the Forgiver, the Merciful | INBA34:306 | AQA1#175, OOL.B050a | ADMS#231 | Consolation and comfort; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Wisdom [hikmat] | * | - | |||||
| BH04981 | Lawh-i-Karim 2 | 190 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ان یا کریم اسمع ندآء ربک العلی العظیم انه ینطق عن شطر السجن و یدعو الناس الی | O Karím! Hear thou the Voice of thy Lord, the Exalted, the Mighty. He proclaimeth from the direction of this Prison | INBA34:283, INBA51:306, INBA49:355 | AQA1#147, OOL.B050b | ADMS#232 | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | * | - | LL#136 | ||||
| BH06954 | Lawh-i-Karim 3 | 140 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim) | ان یا کریم ان استمع ندآء ربک الابهی من السدره المنتهی ینطق انه لا اله الا هو | O Karím! Hear thou the voice of thy Lord, the Most Glorious, coming from the Divine Lote-Tree; it proclaimeth | INBA34:323, BLIB_Or15707.187, , BLIB_Or15735.333, , NLAI_BH3.185 | AQA1#200, ASAT5.030x, HYK.333, NSS.200, OOL.B050c | ADMS#233 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | * | - | |||||
| BH02324 | Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) | 380 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel) | حبذا هذا الیوم المبارک الذی لا تعادله القرون و الاعصار حبذا هذا الیوم اذ | All glory be to this Day, the Day in which the fragrances of mercy have been wafted over all created things | GWBP#011 p.018, RHQM2.0976-977 (412) (254-255), ASAT5.027x, PYB#041 p.04, AHB_110BE #17-18 p.340, ANDA#06 p.01, TBP#01, NJB_v06#05 p.6, OOL.B051 | TB#01, DAS.1914-01-02, GWB#011, TDH#064.3x, TDH#064.6x, GPB.219x, GPB.277-278x, GPB.278x, WOB.105x, SW_v14#05 p.149 | J. Murday, Ahdieh, NIKNAK, Mea, almunajat.com [items 42-43] | Brief proclamatory tablet, revealed during a visit to Mount Carmel, taking the form of a joyful dial … | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Proclamation to Jews; Shrines and Holy places | 3b | - | * | ROB4.351, ROB4.423, BKOG.375, GPB.219, GPB.345, MMAH.081, GSH.147, LL#137 | ||
| BH00556 | Lawh-i-Khartum | 1340 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی ظهر انه لهو القلم الاعلی و السدره المنتهی | God beareth witness that there is no God but Him, and He Who hath manifested Himself is verily the Most Exalted Pen and the Divine Lote-Tree [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15715.247, | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00265 | Lawh-i-Khurasan | 720 | Arabic | Lawh-i-Khurasan | ایا نفحات الله هبی معطره و ایا نسمه الله مری مطیبه و اقصدی وادی الرحمن نادی | O zephyr of God blow forth with fragrance! O breeze of God waft by sweetly scented! Hasten to the valley of the Merciful | INBA59:088, INBA88:029 | MKT1.141, MNMK#016 p.088, MILAN.156, HDQI.201, ANDA#07 p.04, OOL.C013 | SW_v09#12 p.130-131+133 | Chastisement and requital; Consolation and comfort; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | x | * | - | |||||
| BH01597 | Lawh-i-Kimiya 1 | 550 | Arabic | Lawḥ-i-Kímíya III (Tablet on Alchemy III) | و اما ما سئلت من الحجر فاعلم بأنه مطروح فی کل مکان و فیه قدرنا کنوزاً ما اطلع بها الا من علمناه | And now as regards that which you hast asked about the Stone: Know that it exists in every locality. In it We decreed treasures which none hath fathomed | MAS1.024x, MAS8.107ax, OOL.B197.1 | HURQ.BH07x | Alludes to the identity of the Stone of the Philosophers, declaring that it is "cast down in every p … | Alchemy; the elixir; Free will and predestination; fate; Prayer for forgiveness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Soul; spirit after death | - | - | ||||||
| BH04263 | Lawh-i-Kitab-i-Sidq | 220 | Arabic | کتاب الصدق نزل بالحق من لدن عالم خبیر انه لرسول الصدق الی البلاد لیذکر الناس | The Book of Truth hath been sent down in truth from the presence of One Who is All-Knowing, All-Informed. Verily, it is the Messenger of Truth unto all lands, that it may remind the peoples [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15696.011a, , BLIB_Or15734.2.056, | AVK3.145.06x, GHA.331x, AHB_131BE #07-08 p.002, OOL.B165 | Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Manifestation of God as sun; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | GSH.188 | |||||||
| BH00267 | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (the Tablet of All Food) | 2370 | Arabic | Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) | Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food) | الحمد لله مموج ابحر النور بالماء الناریه الالهیه و مهیج احرف الظهور بنقطه | Praise be to God Who hath caused Oceans of Light to surge in the Divine Fiery Water; excited the Letters of the Dispensation | INBA36:268, Berlin1237#20 | BRL_DA#393, TZH4.132-135x, MAS4.265, RHQM2.0979-989 (416) (256-262), OOL.B052 | GPB.118x2x, BLO_PT#108, HURQ.BH02 | A commentary offering several allegorical interpretations of the Qur’anic verse ‘All food was al … | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Prayer for protection; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1a | * | - | ROB1.050, BKOG.112, MMAH.127, GSH.008, LL#146 | Revealed "in the year nine", see BRL_TTT#11 | |
| BH00915 | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night - 'Akka) | 900 | Arabic | Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) | Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, 'Akká) | فسبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک باسمک الذی نجیت به الادم عن الشیطان و حفظت النوح | Praise be to Thee, O my God. I call upon Thee by Thy Name, whereby Thou didst save Adam from Satan, and didst deliver Noah from the deluge, Abraham from the flames | INBA92:298 | TSBT.174-181, RHQM2.0996x (435) (267x), OOL.B001a | BLO_PT#138, HURQ.BH43 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of prayer; Prayer for evening; night; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for unity; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | MMAH.172, LL#148 | Not to be confused with Inventory #BH00970. | |||
| BH04076 | Lawh-i-Liqa' | 230 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá' | Lawh-i-Liqa | هذا کتاب جعلناه لقائنا للذین اقبلوا الی الله فی تلک الایام التی فیها تغیرت | Lo, We made this epistle to be the attainment of Our presence for such as have turned unto God in these days | INBA34:274, CMB_F31.039b-040a, | BRL_DA#369, AQA1#137, MAS8.167x, ASAT5.068x | LOIR18.471, BLO_PT#043, BSC.187 #276, HURQ.BH84 | Praise and encouragement; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | JRAS.289 | ||||
| AB01214 | Lawh-i-Mahabbat (Tablet of Love) | 360 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Memories of Nine Years in Akka; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ایها المنجذب بنفحات الله قد وصلنی تحریرک الاخیر الدال علی فرط محبتک لعبدالبهاء | O thou who art attracted by the fragrant breezes of God... Know thou of a certainty that Love is the secret of God's holy Dispensation | INBA89:262 | MKT1.159, MNMK#036 p.121, MMK1#012 p.024x, MMK1#147 p.171x, MMK1#179 p.200x, MMK1#180 p.201x, AVK3.207.19, NSR_1978.137, NSR_1993.150, KNSA.219 (412), OOL.C016 | SWAB#012x, TAB.524-526, MNYA.306-307, BSC.435 #790, AELT.209-210x, BSTW#025, BSTW#250, BSTW#502a | A. Youssefi, Choir of the Baha'i Temple of South America, K. Porray, SKY, Ladjamaya [track 13], E. Mahony | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; One universal law; attractive power of love; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||
| BH01042 | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Czar Alexander II) | 800 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II) | ان یا ملک الروس ان استمع ندآء الله الملک القدوس ثم اقبل الی الفردوس مقر الذی | O Czar of Russia! Incline thine ear unto the voice of God, the King, the Holy, and turn thou unto Paradise | INBA34:041, BLIB_Or15705.028, , CMB_F31.037, , PR11.038b-040b | NRJ#1c, AQA1#001c, OOL.B054 | SLH#01c, WOB.105x, BSC.094 #040 | States cryptically that Bahá’u’lláh has answered a secret wish of the Czar; praises him for of … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 3a | * | * | ROB3.118, MMAH.176, GSH.120, LL#154 | ||
| BH00662 | Lawh-i-Malikah Victoria (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | 1150 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria) | یا ایتها الملکه فی اللوندره ان استمعی ندآء ربک مالک البریه من السدره الالهیه | O Queen in London! Incline thine ear unto the voice of thy Lord, the Lord of all mankind, calling from the Divine Lote-Tree | INBA34:044, BLIB_Or15705.029, , PR11.040b-043b | NRJ#1d, GWBP#119 p.162x, GWBP#120 p.164x, AQA1#001d, DLH2.176x, OOL.B053 | SLH#01d, GWB#119x, GWB#120x, WOB.039-040x, WOB.040x, WOB.162x2x, SW_v14#10 p.296, DWN_v5#01 p.004x, BLO_PT#188, BSC.111 #045 | B. Parmar | Announces the fulfilment of ‘all that hath been mentioned in the Gospel’; praises the Queen for … | Prayer for governments and rulers; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace; Unity of thought and belief; Universal peace; world unity | 3a | * | * | ROB3.123, MMAH.177, GSH.130, LL#153 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH01026 | Lawh-i-Mallahu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Arabic) | 810 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Tablet of the Holy Mariner; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic) | یا ملاح القدس احضر سفینه البقاء فی الملا الاعلی فسبحان ربی الابهی ثم امسکها | O Holy Mariner! Bid thine ark of eternity appear before the Celestial Concourse, Glorified be my Lord, the All-Glorious! | BLIB_Or15692.001, , BLIB_Or15706.073, , BLIB_Or15714.039, , IOM.094, ROB1.000x | BRL_DA#079, AQA5#136 p.176, HDQI.043, MAS4.335, AKHA_117BE #09-10 p.ax, YMM.291x, OOL.B055a | BPRY.319, SW_v13#04 p.075, DWN_v3#05 p.031-034, BLO_PT#131, BLO_PT#132, BSC.251 #526, HURQ.BH21 | L. Thoresen [track 4] | Relates two different versions of a mystical narrative of the launching of the ‘Crimson Ark’ of … | Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | 1b | * | * | ROB1.228, BKOG.154, GPB.147, MMAH.109, GSH.019, LL#155 | |
| BH01010 | Lawh-i-Mawlud | 820 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance; Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The | Lawh-i-Mawlud (Tablet of the Birth) | ان یا ملا الغیب و الشهود ان افرحوا فی انفسکم ثم استبشروا فی ذواتکم بما ظهر | O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the harvesting of the ages | INBA08:622 | AYT.048, MAS4.343, RHQM1.578-578 (706) (433x), OOL.B059, OOL.B206, AMB#42 | DOR#42 | R. Yazhari | Tablet in honour of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh, celebrating ‘the harvesting of the ages and … | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | * | GSH.174 | |
| BH09452 | Lawh-i-Mizan | 100 | Arabic | قد اتت الساعه و نفخ فی الصور و المیزان ینادی انا الممیز العلیم ابین و اظهر | The Hour hath come, and the Trumpet hath been sounded, and the Balance proclaimeth: "I am the All-Distinguishing, the All-Knowing, manifest and evident!" [3.5s] | INBA19:072b, INBA32:067a | Apocalyptic imagery; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00457 | Lawh-i-Mubahilih | 1580 | Arabic | Tablets concerning the Divine Test | Surat al-Mubahalah (Surah of the Divine Test) | هذا لوح قد فصل من لوح المحفوظ لیکون بنفسه هدایه و رحمه علی کل من فی السموات | This is a Tablet that hath been separated from the Preserved Tablet, that it might serve, of itself, as a guidance and mercy unto all who dwell in the heavens [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad! He Who is the Spirit hath, verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls of God's chosen ones | BLIB_Or07852.089, , BLIB_Or15725.463, , NLAI_BH2.006 | BRL_DA#153, TZH5.029n-044n, MAS4.278.18x, MAS7.243-244x, ASAT4.487x, SAM.208, PYK.006, YMM.338x, OOL.B060 | GPB.168-169x, BLO_PT#199x | Praises the station of Quddús, one of the Báb’s first disciples and an early martyr, and relates … | Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | 2b | * | - | ROB2.293, GPB.169, MMAH.168, LL#184 | See also BH03710. | |
| BH07650 | Lawh-i-Munajat | 130 | Arabic | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ادعوک بالدعاء الذی دعیت به من لسان رسلک و صفوتک و اسئلک | Magnified be Thy Name, O Lord my God, I supplicate unto Thee with that supplication with which Thou wert implored by the tongue of Thy Messengers | INBA48:189, INBA49:051, BLIB_Or15739.326, , PR05.044b-044a | AQMJ1.045, ANDA#70 p.23 | KFPT#05 | Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for morning; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience | - | - | |||||||
| BH04298 | Lawh-i-Mustatab | 220 | Arabic | هذا کتاب نزل من لدن عزیز وهاب لمن خضع و اناب اذ اتی الرب علی السحاب انه لرب | This is a Book sent down from the presence of the Mighty, the All-Bountiful, unto him who hath bowed down and turned unto God when the Lord came upon the clouds. Verily, He is the Lord [3.5s] | INBA44:109b, INBA34:275, BLIB_Or15696.123b, | AQA1#138, AKHA_124BE #08 p.j | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00259 | Lawh-i-Napoleon II | 2460 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III) | قل یا ملک الباریس نبأ القسیس بأن لا یدق النواقیس تالله الحق قد ظهر الناقوس | O King of Paris! Tell the priests to ring the bells no longer. By God, the True One! The Most Mighty Bell hath appeared | INBA34:033, BLIB_Or15705.022, , CMB_F31.034, , PR11.031a-038b | NRJ#1b, GWBP#107 p.139ax, GWBP#158 p.215bx, AQA1#001b, AVK3.203.19x, AKHA_123BE #01-02 p.ax, OOL.B062 | SLH#01b, GWB#107x, GWB#158x, WOB.203x, SW_v03#05 p.007x, DWN_v5#02-3 p.002-004x, DWN_v6#10 p.001bx, BSC.105 #042 | W. Heath, Soulrise Melodies (1), Soulrise Melodies (2) | Summons the Emperor to ‘tell the priests to ring the bells no longer’, announcing that He is the … | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | 3a | * | * | ROB3.110, BKOG.320, BKOG.392, MMAH.124, LL#200 | Included in the Suriy-i-Haykal. |
| BH00759 | Lawh-i-Naqus (=Subhanaka Ya Hu) | 1040 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell) | یا راهب الاحدیه اضرب علی الناقوس بما ظهر یوم الله و استوی جمال العز علی عرش | This is the garden of Paradise, wherein arise the anthems of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting; wherein ascend the soul-entrancing melodies | INBA36:466, BLIB_Or15706.083, , BLIB_Or15714.020, | AHM.141, AYT.100, NSR_1993.099, TSQA4.293, ABMK.040, OOL.B101, AMB#26, RMT.023 | DOR#26, RBB.169-172, BLO_PT#122, BLO_PT#123, BLO_PT#124 | Proclamatory tablet, with repeated refrain celebrating the name ‘He’, commemorating the twentiet … | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Monasticism; asceticism; Nearness and remoteness; Prayer for detachment; The Kingdom of God [Malakut]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | - | * | ROB2.018, EBTB.130, BKOG.206, MMAH.103, GSH.071, LL#288 | ||
| BB00540 | Lawh-i-Naw-Ruz | 160 | Arabic | Prayers and Tablets from the Báb, Some | الله اعظم هوالاعز الاجل الامنع الارفع الاقدس من الله تعالی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له نواراً [ ] اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی اخر الذی لا اخر له نورا | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. From the beginning that hath no beginning, I have been a Light, and verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. Unto the end that hath no end shall I remain a Light [3.5s] | AHDA.297 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Rendering assistance to God; victory [nusrat]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | Tablet revealed by the Bab upon his arrival in Máh-Kú, and named after Mulla Nowruz Ali. [source] | |||||||
| BH02170 | Lawh-i-Nuqtih | 410 | Arabic | Translation List | Lawh-i-Nuqtih (Tablet of the Point) | هذا لوح القدس قد جعل الله مقامه مقام النقطه کما ان من النقطه فصلت کل الحروفات | This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath God conferred the station of the point, just as it is through the point that every letter and word is made distinct | BRL_DA#737, LHKM1.020 | ADMS#228 | Proclaims itself as occupying the station of the point, differentiating all that has been revealed f … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Word of God the cause of creation | 2a | * | - | ROB2.397, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, LL#206 | |||
| BH00347 | Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) | 1900 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX) | ان یا پاپا ان اخرق الاحجاب قد اتی رب الارباب فی ظلل السحاب و قضی الامر من | O Pope! Rend the veils asunder. He Who is the Lord of Lords is come overshadowed with clouds, and the decree hath been fulfilled by God | INBA34:026, BLIB_Or15705.018, , CMB_F31.032, , PR11.026a-031a | NRJ#1a, AQA1#001a, RHQM1.141-142 (180) (106-106x), OOL.B065 | SLH#01a, BSC.098 #041 | Announces the return of Christ, ‘come down from Heaven even as He came down from it the first time … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Monasticism; asceticism; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity | 3a | * | * | ROB3.116, MMAH.166, MMAH.229, GSH.124, LL#208 | Included in the Suriyi-Haykal. | |
| BH01394 | Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi) | 620 | Arabic | Tablet of Holiness | Lawh-i-Quds (Tablets of Holiness); Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness) | یا اعرابی ثم یا احبائی ثم یا اصفیائی ثم یا جنودی ثم یا ظهوری اسمعوا ندائی ان | My Arabs, My Loved ones, My friends, My legions, My manifestation! Hearken unto My call, if ye be among them with ears to hear | INBA36:149, INBA71:320, BLIB_Or15696.169, | BRL_DA#362, AQA4#096 p.325, AQA4a.070, OOL.B068a | BLO_PT#112, JHT_B#008 | Contention and conflict; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God | * | - | MMAH.171, LL#213 | ||||
| BH02800 | Lawh-i-Quds 2 | 320 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس نزل من جبروت الامر لمن وجد عرف القمیص من شطر التقدیس و اقبل | This is the Tablet of holiness; it was sent down, from the realm of revelation, unto him who hath discovered the fragrance of the garment wafting from the direction of sanctity | INBA34:199 | AQA1#062, OOL.B068b | ADMS#225 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||
| BH04551 | Lawh-i-Quds 3 | 210 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد نزل بالحق من لدن عزیز حکیم یستنشق منه الموحدون رایحه الرحمن | This is the Tablet of holiness; it hath been sent down, through the power of truth, by Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Wise | INBA34:261b, NLAI_BH1.015 | AQA1#123, AKHA_124BE #06 p.b, OOL.B068c | ADMS#226 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| BH04852 | Lawh-i-Quds 4 | 200 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس من لدنا الی الذی امن و هدی و فیه ذکر ما یقربه الی الله العلی | This is the Tablet of holiness from Us to him who hath believed and been guided aright, and therein is mentioned what will draw him nigh unto God | BLIB_Or15725.308a, , NLAI_BH2.044 | ADMS#227 | Chastisement and requital; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Twin Manifestations | - | - | |||||||
| BH05173 | Lawh-i-Quds 6 | 190 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد فصلناه من ام البیان و ارسلناه الی من آمن بالله ربه الرحمن | This is the Tablet of holiness; We have expounded it from the Mother Book and sent it unto the one who hath believed in the Lord his God | INBA18:211, NLAI_BH1.074 | BRL_DA#417 | ADMS#229 | Consolation and comfort; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | ||||||
| BH07301 | Lawh-i-Quds 7 | 140 | Arabic | Translation List | هذا لوح القدس قد رقم فیه من قلم قدس بدیع آیات الله الملک المتعالی العزیز | This is the Tablet of holiness; upon it hath been written, by a Pen sacred and wondrous, the verses of God, the King, the Transcendent, the Almighty | BLIB_Or15694.627c, , ALIB.folder18p486 | ADMS#230 | Chastisement and requital; High station of the true believer; Personal instructions; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH02563 | Lawh-i-Rada'r-Ruh | 350 | Arabic | Tablet to Rada'r-Rúh | Lawh-i-Radar-Ruh (Tablet to Radar-Ruh) | یا ایها الناظر الی الوجه اسمع ندآء من سجن مره بعد اخری فی سبیل الله ربک و رب | O Thou who hast fixed his gaze upon the (divine) Countenance! Hearken unto the Call of Him Who hath suffered imprisonment, time after time, in the path of God | INBA73:362, NLAI_BH1.510, NLAI_BH2.249 | SFI16.036-037, MUH3.026-027, ASAT1.051x, DLH3.472 | BLO_PT#189, BTO#11 | Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ROB3.007-010, LL#197 | ||||
| BH04606 | Lawh-i-Ram | 200 | Arabic | اتقوا الله یا ملا الارض و لاتظنوا فیما اذکرناه فی اللوح باسم الرام رام الذی | Fear ye God, O people of the earth, and think not that the wine We have mentioned in Our Tablet is the wine which men drink | INBA81:049 | AVK3.041.06x, GHA.429a.01-03x, MUH3.276-277, ASAT4.003x, AKHA_122BE #09 p.a, OOL.B186 | COC#1785 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||
| BH00921 | Lawh-i-Raqsha | 890 | Arabic | ذکر من لدنا لمن اقبل و سمع ندآء الله المهیمن القیوم و اجاب مولیه فی یوم فیه | A remembrance from Our presence unto him who hath turned and hearkened unto the Call of God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, and who hath answered his Lord on this Day wherein [3.5s] | BLIB_Or15713.014, | NNY.235-236x, MAS4.107x, OOL.B071 | Details the divine justice and wrath that was visited upon the two individuals mentioned in the Law� … | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | 3b | * | - | LL#218 | |||||
| BH01325 | Lawh-i-Ru'ya (Tablet of the Vision) | 640 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Vision; Tablet of Vision | Lawh-i-Ruya (Tablet of the Vision) | یا اسمی استمع ندائی من حول عرشی لیبلغک الی بحر ما له ساحل و ما بلغ قعره | O My Name! Give thou ear unto My Voice ringing from around the precincts of My Throne | INBA23:084b, BLIB_Or15729.133, , BLIB_Or15737a.073, , BLIB_Or15738.061, , NLAI_22848:324, BSB.Cod.arab.2644 p166v, , MKI4522.324, | BRL_DA#730, AQA2#011 p.174, AYT.016, RHQM2.0973-975 (409) (252-253), ASAT3.135x, ASAT4.049x, ASAT4.403x, AKHA_123BE #04 p.ax, OOL.B074 | GPB.221x2x, BLO_PT#143, BLO_PT#148, BSC.249 #525, HURQ.BH66 | unknown | Recounts, in celebration of the anniversary of the birth of the Báb, a joyful vision of the Maid of … | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | 3a | * | - | ROB3.223, BKOG.246, GSH.149, LL#226 | |
| BH00032 | Lawh-i-Ruh | 7220 | Arabic | Lawḥ-i-Rúh (Tablet of the Spirit) | فسبحان الذی فی قبضته ملکوت ملک الآیات یصرفها کیف یشآء بأمر | Glorified be He in Whose grasp lieth the dominion of the realm of verses, Who directeth them as He pleaseth through His command [3.5s] | INBA37:018, INBA83:073, BLIB_Or15723.082, , PR23.001b-015b | AQA4#081 p.123, AQA4a.150, ASAT1.276x, OOL.B073 | Refutes certain claims of Mírzá Yaḥyá; asserts the magnitude of Bahá’u’lláh’s own stati … | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Oneness; unity of religion; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2b | * | - | ROB2.181, ROB2.260, MMAH.185, GSH.085, LL#224 | ||||
| BH00739 | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Cloud) | 1060 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds) | هذا کتاب من لدی الرحمن الی الذین اقبلوا الی قبله من فی السموات و الارضین | This is a Book from before the Most Merciful unto those who have turned their faces towards Him Who is the Qiblih of all who dwell in the heavens and on earth [3.5s]... ...My captivity can bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as profess to love Me | INBA34:109, LEID.Or4970 item 10, , Majlis934.125.02-126.09x | BRL_DA#073, GWBP#060 p.083ax, AQA1#008, MAS4.168ax, MAS4.364bx, MAS8.107bx, ASAT4.051x, ASAT4.132x, ANDA#72 p.03x, OOL.B075 | GWB#060x, TN.042x, ADJ.032x, GPB.190x, PDC.135-136x, PDC.139x, WOB.105x, JHT_B#002 | Proclamatory tablet mentioning Bahá’u’lláh’s recent summons to Náṣiru’d-Dín Sháh and … | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 3a | * | - | MMAH.167, GSH.179, LL#228 | ||
| BH00395 | Lawh-i-Sayyah (=Suratu'l-Widad) | 1720 | Arabic | Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Sayyah (Tablet of the Traveller) | ان یا علی فاشهد بانی ظهور الله فی جبروت البقاء و بطونه فی غیب العماء و جمال | O Ali! Bear thou witness that verily I am the Manifestation of God in the Kingdom of eternity, His concealment in the mystic realm of the divine cloud, and the Beauty [3.5s]... ...Upon Our arrival We were welcomed with banners of light, whereupon the Voice of the Spirit cried out saying | INBA36:052, INBA71:211 | BRL_DA#396, RSBB.075, MUH3.258-262, OOL.B079 | GPB.184x2x, HURQ.BH49 | Declares Bahá’u’lláh’s messianic claim; urges the Bábís to embrace it; relates a mystical … | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2a | * | - | ROB2.210, ROB3.013, BKOG.220, BKOG.245, MMAH.220, GSH.079, LL#236 | ||
| BH03255 | Lawh-i-Siyyid Muhammad ibn Vahid | 280 | Arabic | Translation List | قد فتح باب البیان و ظهر غلام المعانی و کان فی یده الیمنی کاس من سلسبیل رحمه | Lo! The portal of utterance is flung open, and the Youth of inner meaning is come. In His right hand, He beareth a chalice | BLIB_Or11095#187, | AQA4#104 p.358, AQA4a.132, LMA1.348 (208) | ADMS#028 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power of the Manifestation of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | LL#247 | |||||
| BH03457 | Lawh-i-Tal'atu'l-Hubb | 260 | Arabic | ان یا طلعه الحب قد عرفنا شوقک الی الله فی رفرف البقا علی قربک فی میادین | Countenance of love, we have recognized your longing for God in the pavilions of eternity, insofar as you drew near and attained | BRL_DA#118, AQA4a.240, FRH.346 | WIND#123 | Mystical themes; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | LL#249 | |||||||
| BH00934 | Lawh-i-Tuqa | 880 | Arabic | Lawhut-Tuqa (Tablet of Piety or the Fear of God) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق من جبروت عز علیا و ینطق بالحق فی ملکوته الاعلی بلسانه | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth from the heaven of transcendent might, and Who speaketh with truth in His most exalted Kingdom through His tongue [3.5s]... ...Among the people is he who opposes God publicly. If the verses of God are recited to him, his face grows dark and he returns to his people as one despised. | INBA83:100, BLIB_Or15702.001, , BLIB_Or15723.258, , BLIB_Or15737.102, , ALIB.folder18p204 | BRL_DA#723, AQA7#509 p.347, OOL.B083 | HURQ.BH50, KSHK#06x | Bids the people enter the ‘crimson Ark’, adorned with divine virtue; addresses the objections of … | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering; rejection of Christ; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, GPB.171, LL#254 | |||
| BH00414 | Lawh-i-Yusuf 1 | 1690 | Arabic | قد اشرقت من افق الامر شمس رقم علیها من القلم الاعلی الملک لله المقتدر العزیز | The sun hath indeed risen from the horizon of the Cause, upon which the Supreme Pen hath inscribed: "The Kingdom belongeth unto God, the All-Powerful, the Mighty." [3.5s] | INBA34:094, BLIB_Or11095#005, , BLIB_Or15735.153, | AQA1#005, HYK.153, OOL.B084a | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01194 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin 2 | 700 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | یا ایها الناظر الی وجهی و الشارب کاس عنایتی و کوب رحمتی و افضالی و الساکن فی | O thou who gazest upon My countenance and hast quaffed the chalice of My loving-kindness and the cup of My mercy and bounty, and who dwellest in [3.5s]... ...Call thou to mind that which hath been revealed unto Mihdí, Our servant, in the first year of Our banishment to the Land of Mystery (Adrianople) | INBA34:125, BLIB_Or15707.035, , BLIB_Or15735.206, | BRL_DA#711, GWBP#058 p.081ax, AQA1#014, ASAT4.048x, ASAT5.354x, HYK.206, MSBH5.453ax, OOL.B085b | GWB#058x, BADM.099-100x, BADM.165x, GPB.110x2x, GPB.357x, GPB.360x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | * | - | GSH.180, LL#373 | |||||
| BH11383 | Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin(?) | 30 | Arabic | ان یا زین المقربین فاعلم بان کل ما سمعت فی هذالامر قد ظهر بامری العزیز المقتدر | O Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin! Know thou that whatsoever thou hast heard concerning this Cause hath appeared through My mighty and powerful Command [3.5s] | ASAT4.091x, ASAT4.530x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; High station of the true believer; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01328 | Lawh-i-Ziyarih | 640 | Arabic | اول بهاء ظهر و اشرق عن مشرق البقا و اول ضیاء لاح عن مطلع السنا و اول رحمه | The first splendor that dawned and shone forth from the Dayspring of eternity, and the first light that gleamed from the Horizon of glory, and the first mercy [3.5s] | INBA37:131, INBA83:233, INBA49:305, BLIB_Or15725.524, , Majlis210461.102-104 | ASAT4.081x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | * | - | LL#268 | |||||||
| BH02011 | Lawh-i-Zuhur | 440 | Arabic | کتاب الظهور قد نزل من سماء الفضل لمن اقبل الی الله مرسل الاریاح ان فی استوآء | The Book of Manifestation hath been sent down from the heaven of grace unto him who hath turned unto God, the Sender of the winds. Verily, in its revelation [3.5s] | INBA23:022, INBA34:162, BLIB_Or15707.115, , BLIB_Or15735.272, | AQA1#034, HYK.272 | Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00686 | Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation) | 1120 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur); Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur) | Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation) | ان یا ایها الناظر الی شطر الله و المتغمس فی بحر قربه و رضاه فاعلم بان الظهور | O thou who art gazing toward the direction of God and submerged in His Nearness and Good-pleasure! Know thou that, verily, the "Manifestation" is not composed of the four elements | BLIB_Or15725.136, , NLAI_BH3.136, Berlin1237#29 | LHKM1.056, MAS4.161x, VUJUD.117x | BLO_PT#134, BSC.204 #373-391, BSTW#124, VUJUDE.167-168x, HURQ.BH67, JHT_B#017 | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | Not to be confused with Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr (BH01761). | ||||
| BB00511 | Letter concerning the Nubuwwat al-Khassa | 200 | Arabic | هو العزیز. تقدس فؤاد خلیلی بان اشیر الله فی الکتاب باعلی جوهریات الحقائق و اجلی عبادات الرقایق لان کلما یلوح بالاشراق و یظهر فی الآفاق من اشارات اهل المیثاق و شئونات اهل الوفاق | It is with sanctity that the heart of Khalil is uplifted, as it hath been alluded in the divine Book, with the loftiest gems of truths and the most resplendent forms of devotion. For whatsoever appears with radiance and becomes manifest in the horizons, are indeed the signs of those who abide by the Covenant and the qualities of the people of unity [4o] | PR02.132r12-132r23 | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mystical themes; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00324 | Letter in reply to four questions | 560 | Arabic | Báb's Epistle Revealed in Isfahán in Response to Four Questions, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الامر فی الکتاب للذین اتبعوا امرالله بالحق فان اولئک هم الصادقون و بعد قد نزل کتابک فی ارض الصاد و اطلعت بخطابک فاعلم فیما سئلت من معنی یوم القیامه | Praise be to God Who hath sent down the Command in the Book unto them that follow the Cause of God in truth, for these are the sincere ones. Thy letter hath reached the Land of Ṣád and I have understood thy message. Know thou, then, concerning that which thou didst inquire about the meaning of the Day of Resurrection [3.5s] | INBA53:398-400, PR02.200v04-201r04, Berlin3655.122v-124r | Chastisement and requital; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | SRC.081, SRC.195 | |||||||
| BB00343 | Letter to 'Abd(Mulla?) Sadiq Muqaddas | 520 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | هو الله الملک الحی المستعان. سبحان من له ملک السموات و الارض و بیده ملکوت کل شیء و کل الیه یقلبون و هو الذی یدبر مقادیر کل شیء و ینزل فی الکتاب ما هو خیر | Glorified is He to Whom pertaineth the dominion of the heavens and of the earth | SWBP#21 (p.112-115) | SWB#22 (p.160-163)x | Chastisement and requital; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Seal of the Prophets; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| BB00425 | Letter to an uncle of the Báb | 340 | Arabic | هو العلی المبتکر الرفیع. الحمد لله الذی عرف کافوریة کینونیة سازجیت ذاتیة وحدانیته مفسانیة کندانیة و تقدس عن نعت | Praise be unto Him Who hath wafted the camphor-like fragrance of His unity, with innate sweetness and intrinsic harmony, and Who hath sanctified it above description [3.5s] | TZH3.068a | Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00322 | Letter to an unnamed recipient re Mulla Husayn | 570 | Arabic | One of the Tablets of Visitation in Glorification of the Station of Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed by the Báb | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و اذا اردت ان تدخل تلک الارض المقدسة فطهر نفسک و طیب ما عندک | And when thou desirest to enter that sacred land, purify thy soul and sanctify thy possessions [3.5s] | TZH3.140.20-142.21 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.095 | |||||||
| BB00584 | Letter to Aqa Muhammad Husayn Ardistani | 110 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Honor of Áqá Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ardīstānī, A | هو الاکبر. شهد الله الخ هو الاعظم بعد البسملة شهد الله الخ فلتشهدن علی انه لا اله الا هوالمهیمن القیوم | God testifieth, etc. He is the Most Mighty. After the basmala God testifieth, etc. So testify that there is no god but Him, the Help-in-Peril, the Self-Subsisting | AHDA.237 | KSHK.BWB | Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00072 | Letter to Haji 'Abd al-Wahhab | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد فی السموات و الارض و له السلام فی ملکوت الامر والخلق سبحانه و تعالی جل ذاتیته من ان یصعد الیها اعلی جواهر الممکنات و علت کینونیته من ان یرفع الی مقام عزها اعلی شوامخ | O Thou Who art praised in the heavens and on earth, and unto Whom belongeth peace in the Kingdom of Command and Creation! Glorified and exalted art Thou! The quintessence of Thy Being is far above the loftiest essences of all contingent things, and the Reality of Thy Self transcendeth the most sublime heights [3.5s] | INBA_5019C:257-264, | ASAT4.509x, AVK1.294-295x, AVK1.323-324x | Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00517 | Letter to Haji Siyyid ‘Ali Kirmani (from Medina) | 190 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قد قرئت کتابک هذا فاستمع لماذا القی الیک باذن الله فان ذکر اسم ربک لهو الحق یهدیک الی صراط مستقیم | I have read this, thy letter. Hearken thou, therefore, to that which is imparted unto thee by leave of God, for verily the mention of thy Lord's Name is truth itself, guiding unto the straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:028.09-029.08, INBA_5019C:298-299, , INBA_6012C.260-261, | Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.09, FHR#03.21?, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00582 | Letter to Hajj Sulayman Khan (from Medina) | 110 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد سطرت من ید الذکر هذا علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم غیب السموات | Verily, this book has been written by the hand of this, the Remembrance, Exalted and Wise. Verily, he is exalted upon the straight path. Verily, he knows the invisble world of the heavens and the earth | INBA91:029.10-030.04, INBA_5019C:299-300?, , INBA_6012C.261-262, , CMB_F28.7.03-04, | TZH2.059-060 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.09, FHR#03.22?, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.14?, AHDA.610.12, SRC.191, SRC.192 | ||||||
| BB00550 | Letter to Him Whom God shall make manifest | 150 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb | Tablets of the Báb to Bahá'u'lláh | هو الابهی. الله لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب له ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و ما بینهما و هو المهیمن القیوم | He is God, no God is there but Him, the Almighty, the Best Beloved. All that are in the heavens and on the earth and whatever lieth between them are His. | PR20.100, MKI4500.128r-128v | QISM.020, SWBP#02 (p.002-003) | SWB#02 (p.006-008) | L. Slott | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | SRC.096 | |||
| BB00243 | Letter to Jinab-i-Dhabih Dhakiru'llah | 820 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحان الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له قانتون و الحمد لله الذی یسجد له من فی السموات و الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله | Glorified be He before Whom bow down in adoration all who dwell in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Say: All are submissive unto Him. And praise be unto God, before Whom prostrate themselves whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on earth and whatsoever lieth between them! Say: All are prostrate before Him. God beareth witness [3.5s] | CMB_F23.096v06-098v04 (22), | MANU.051-054 | Abraham; Isaac; Ishmael; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00089 | Letter to Jinab-i-Haji Siyyid Javad Karbala'i | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح صبح الازل طراز الالف القائم بین البائین فلاحت و اضائت بعد ما بدعت قبل ما اخترعت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Morn of Eternity to be as the Alif standing betwixt two Bás, resplendent and illumining after it was originated, ere it was fashioned [3.5s] | INBA98:150.07-158.13, PR02.161r25-163v22, CMB_F21.026.18-035.16#04, , Berlin3655.105v-110v | ASAT3.054-055x, NSS.059-064 | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | |||||||
| BB00319 | Letter to Khal-i-Akbar from Masqat II | 570 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb to His Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad (Khál-i-Akbar), Revealed in Muscat | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی ینزل الان الیک کتابا مبینا ان اشکر الله ربک ثم اسجد | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, Who sendeth down unto thee now a manifest Book. Give thanks unto God, thy Lord, and prostrate thyself [3.5s] | HNU.000ii, AHDA.093 | The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | FHR#03.06? | |||||||
| BB00567 | Letter to Mirza Asadu'llah Dayyan | 130 | Arabic | الله ادین بسم الدین ذی الدیانین …. قد نظرت الی الواح ابد بما قد طرز من انوار تجلی افقه جل و عز فلله الحمد کما هو اهله و مستحقه | God is the Most Great Judge! In the name of God, the judgment, master of all judges. In the name of God, the judgement, master of all who judge. You have looked at the tablets of abad [seven in abjad?], which has been ornamented with the lights | PR03.081r21-081r27, PR13.071r-071v, BYC_tablets.054.12-055.01 | QISM.010 | KSHK.BWB | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||||
| BB00054 | Letter to Mirza Hasan Vaqay’-Nigar | 3300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و اقام الکل بحکمه لیعرف کل الموجودات فی مقام عرفان طلعة الذات و آیات ظهورات الصفات | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and hath established all things through His wisdom, that every created thing might attain unto the station of recognition of the Countenance of His Essence and the signs of the manifestations of His attributes [3.5s] | INBA40:180-192, INBA53:385-398, INBA67:085-100, PR02.175r27-179r06, CMB_F28.7.06, | ASAT4.368x | BAPT.002x, HURQ.BB51x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Free will and predestination; fate; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.032, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BB00269 | Letter to Mirza Hasan-i-Khurasani | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک الذی لا اله الا هو العلی الحکیم و انه لکتاب قد تنزل من لدن بقیة الله امام حق | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, He besides Whom there is no God, the Most Exalted, the All-Wise. Verily it is a Book sent down from the presence of the Remnant of God, the true Imam [3.5s] | INBA67:216-219, INBA91:006.04-010.07, INBA_5019C:319-321, | NSS.078-080 | Call to action; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | FHR#03.02, SRC.190, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00665 | Letter to Mirza Siyyid Hasan Khurasani (from Bushihr) | 830 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک ثم اسجد لحکمه انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید و انه لکتاب قد نزل من حکم بقیة الله امام حق مبین | Read thou the Book wherein is remembered the Name of thy Lord, then humble thyself before His decree. Verily, there is no God but Him, the Self-Sufficient, the All-Praised. And verily this is a Book sent down through the decree of the Remnant of God, the manifest Imam of Truth [3.5s] | INBA91:018.08-023.02 | TZH3.169x, NSS.082ax | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.13?, FHR#03.02? | |||||||
| BB00356 | Letter to Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani | 470 | Arabic | Epistle of the Bab to Karim Khan Kirmani | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذکر ربک للورقة الحمراء عن یمین بحر الابیض لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاخرجون اقرء کتاب ربک ثم اسجد لامره و انه لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاسمعون | Alif. Lam. Mim. [Revealed from] The Dhikr (Remembrance) of thy Lord unto the Crimson Leaf at the right-hand side of the snow-white Ocean. | HNU.181-182, NSS.182-183 | HURQ.BB24 | Imam Husayn; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.10, AHDA.460.04, MMAH.033 | ||||||
| BB00672 | Letter to Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الخالق الباری المصور المقتدر القدیر. الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی الامکان باشراق انوار وجهه الطالع من افق مشیته... انا اوعدنا الاثیم بالعذاب الالیم و السموم و الحمیم | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto all creation through the radiant splendours of His Countenance, rising from the horizon of His Will... Verily, We have promised the sinful ones a grievous chastisement, and boiling waters, and scorching heat [3.5s] | QMSI1.042-043x, NSS.184bx | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00625 | Letter to Mulla 'Abd al-Karim Qazvini | 40 | Arabic | الله اکبر تکبیرا کبیرا. ان یا کریم قد وهبناک واحداْ من حق واحد الاول لتحفظن کل ما نزل من عند الله و لتبلغن الى اسم الوحيد ولتسئلن عمن يکتب آيات الله ما انتم مراد الله لا تعلمون | God is the Most Great, Great is He! O Karim! We have endowed you with a wahid from God | PR03.086r04-086r09, CMB_F23.141r08-141r10 (46r), , CMB_F20.020v10-020v12, , BYC_tablets.082.16-083.01 | QISM.002 | KSHK.BWB | - | - | SRC.096 | |||||||
| BB00487 | Letter to Mulla Ahmad Mu'allim Hisari | 250 | Arabic | و ان ما ذکرت من مراتب الاختلاف فمالک و ذکر تلک الاخبار فان ظاهر الدین هو طبق باطنه | As to what thou hast mentioned concerning the degrees of difference, what hast thou to do with relating such accounts? For verily the outer form of religion conformeth to its inner truth [3.5s]... ...As for what you have asked about the pure leaf, concerning the fact that she has claimed for herself the station of being a proof for others | TZH3.333.02-333.16x | MESSIAH.233x | False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Tahirih [Qurratu'l-'Ayn] | - | - | SRC.096 | |||||||
| BB00580 | Letter to Mulla Hasan Bajistani | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها السآئل فاعلم ان الله لا یحکم بمرض لنفس الا بما قدمت ایدیه من الخطایا و ذلک ما کانت | O questioner! Know that God does not decree disease for a soul unless it is for the errors its hands have wrought. That is naught but a penance for its sins | INBA67:176-176, INBA_4011C:165-166, , PR07.074v-074v | HBAB.502x, ASAT3.097 | KSHK.BWB | Bringing oneself to account each day; Effort; striving; Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Mindfulness; concentration; focus; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||
| BB00439 | Letter to Mulla Hasan Gawhar | 320 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥasan Gawhar | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. طه ما نزلنا الکتاب من قبل الا نذکرة لمن شاء ان یوحی بآیات ربک و کان من الساجدین اقرء کتاب ربک لا مبدل فی حکمی و استغفر لامتک لتکونن من المفلحین | Ta. Ha. We did not send down the Book aforetime except it was a memorial for Whomsoever He wills that he should believe in the verses of thy Lord | AHDA.089 | HURQ.BB23x | Chastisement and requital; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | FHR#03.04, AHDA.460.1 | ||||||
| BB00287 | Letter to Mulla Husayn I (from Medina) | 670 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی علی صراط مستقیم و ان ربک یعلم عنت السموات و الارض و ما کان الناس فیه تختلفون | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it standeth exalted upon the straight path. And thy Lord knoweth well the travail of the heavens and of the earth, and that concerning which men are at variance [3.5s] | INBA91:010.09-014.06 | Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Justice and wrath of God; Law of pilgrimage; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||||||
| BB00336 | Letter to Mulla Husayn II (from Shiraz) | 540 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í, Revealed at Bushíhr, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده فی ذلک الکتاب انه قد آمن بالله و آیاته و کان علی صراط حق مبین و ذلک الکتاب ذکر من بقیة الله لمن اراد ان یؤمن بآیات ربه و یتبع امره و کان من الساجدین | God testifieth in this Book unto His servant that he hath believed in God and His signs, and hath remained steadfast upon a path of manifest truth. And this Book is a remembrance from the Remnant of God for whosoever desireth to believe in the signs of his Lord and follow His command, and be numbered among those who prostrate themselves [3.5s] | INBA91:001.02-003.12, INBA_5019C:318-319, , PR04.006v13-008r12 | TZH3.140.06-140.18x | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01, SRC.191 | ||||||
| BB00415 | Letter to Mulla Husayn III | 360 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال علی علیه السلام اللهم و انی لاعلم ان العلم لا یا رب (؟) کل و لا ینقطع مردود و انک لا تخلی ارضک من حجة انک علی خلقک | Ali, upon whom be peace, hath spoken: O God! Verily I know that knowledge doth not perish, and that its seeker is not turned away, and that Thou dost not leave Thine earth bereft of a proof unto Thy creation [3.5s] | INBA91:004.02-006.02 | Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||||
| BB00284 | Letter to Mulla Husayn IV - from Bushihr | 690 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الروح من حکمه الیک لتکونن من المنذرین اقرء کتاب ذکر اسم ربک هذا و کن من الشاکرین | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Spirit through His wisdom unto thee, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Recite thou the Book of thy Lord's remembrance and be thou among the thankful [3.5s] | INBA91:014.08-018.06 | ASAT4.236x | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.01 | ||||||
| BB00516 | Letter to Mulla Husayn V | 190 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í from al-Mukhā, An | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الروح علی قلبک لتکونن من المنذرین ان اتبع مایلقی الیک من کتاب کریم و لقد ارسلنا من قبل الیک | Glorified be He Who hath caused the Spirit to descend upon thy heart, that thou mayest be numbered among the warners. Follow thou what is revealed unto thee from this glorious Book, for verily We did send it aforetime unto thee [3.5s] | INBA91:059.10-060.10, PR04.008r14-008v13 | Justice and wrath of God; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | FHR#03.01 | |||||||
| BB00407 | Letter to Mulla Javad Baraghani: Risala fi'l-Rububiyyah | 370 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله رب العالمین و السلام علی عباد الله المخلصین فیا ایها السائل قد سمعت کل ما کتبت الی فی کتابک فاستمع لما ذا القی الیک باذن الله ثم انصف اولاً بحکم ربک | Praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds, and peace be upon His sincere servants. O thou who asketh! I have indeed heard all that thou didst write unto me in thy letter. Hearken, then, unto that which I cast unto thee by God's leave, and be thou first just in accordance with thy Lord's command [3.5s] | INBA91:192.03-194.10x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Free will and predestination; fate; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00073 | Letter to Mulla Muhammad Ja'far Kirmani | 2600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی استنطق حرف الکاف من نفسه بنفسه الی نفسه قبل ما اقضت کتابه باذن الله ثم جعله فی مقام الامر بما قبلت نفسه | Praise be to God Who hath caused the letter Kaf to speak forth from His Essence, through His Essence, unto His Essence, ere His Book had been decreed by the permission of God. Thereafter, He hath established it in the station of Command with that which His Essence had accepted [4o] | TZH3.402.15-405.13x | Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00276 | Letter to Mulla Naw-Ruz 'Ali | 710 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحان الذی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما قل کل له ساجدون و الحمد لله الذی یسبح ... ان یا یوم النیروز انا قد حققناک من قبل و جعلناک عیداً للعالمین جمیعاً و وعدنا ان نحشرنک یوم القیامة و نعرضک علینا علی صورةالانسان فاذا انا کنا لموفین | Glorified be He Whom all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth and whatsoever lieth between them do magnify, and say: All before Him prostrate themselves in adoration. All praise be unto God Who is extolled... O Day of Naw-Rúz! We have, verily, exalted thee aforetime and ordained thee a festival unto all the peoples, and We have promised to gather thee unto Us on the Day of Resurrection and to present thee before Us in human form, and lo, We are faithful to Our covenant [3.5s] | AHDA.297 | Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Laws of marriage and dowry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00222 | Letter to Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Khurasani | 910 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Búshihr and Addressed to Mullá Ṣādiq-i-Khurásání | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذکرالله للورقة الصفرآء عن یمین الطور لا اله الا هو قل ایای فاخرجون و لقد نزلنا الیک کتاباً من قبل | Alif. Lam. Mim. The Remembrance of God hath mentioned the yellow leaf nigh the right-hand side of the Mount [Sinai], [saying] `No God is there except Him' | PYK.003, ASAT4.236-238x, TZH3.149.06-150.13x, AHDA.101 | HURQ.BB25x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Rejection of Muhammad; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.15, MMAH.036 | ||||||
| BB00603 | Letter to Qahir | 80 | Arabic | الله اکبر. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الملک و الملکوت ثم العز و الجبروت ثم القدرة و اللاهوت ثم القوة و الیاقوت ثم السلطنة و الناسوت یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت و ملک لا یزول و عدل لا یجور و سلطان لا تحول و فرد لا یفوت عن قبضته من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما یخلق ما یشاء بامره انه کان علی کلشیء قدیرا | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the Kingdom and the Dominion, and then the Glory and the Power, and then the Might and the Empyrean, and then the Strength and the Brilliance, and then the Sovereignty and the human realm. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not, and the King Who passeth not away, and the Just One Who wrongeth not, and the Sovereign Who changeth not, and the Single One from Whose grasp nothing escapeth, whether in the heavens or on the earth or whatever lieth between them. He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command. Verily, He hath power over all things. [3.5s] | PR03.081v09-081v13, PR13.072r-072v | KSHK.BWB | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00268 | Letter to Quddus | 730 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb Addressed to Mullá Muḥammad ʿAlí-i-Bárfurúshí, the Peerless Quddús, An | یخاطب به الملا محمد علی المازندرانی الملقب بالقدوس و یخصص به کل واحد | He addresseth Mullá Muḥammad-'Alí-i-Mázandarání, who is entitled Quddús, and dedicateth it unto each [3.5s] | MBA.294-296x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | SRC.097 | |||||||
| BB00412 | Letter to Qurrat al-'Ayn (Chihriq) | 360 | Arabic | هو المتکبر الجمیل المحسن. اول طرز لاح و لمع ثم اشرق و طلع ثم اضاء و لجلج ثم انار و ارفع من ساحة قدس حضرت الکافور ... و ان ما حتمناه فی یوم الواحد بعدالعشرین من ذلک الشهر ... العزیز الرحیم | The first effulgence that shone forth and gleamed, then rose and dawned forth, then illumined and reverberated, then shed its radiance and was exalted from the sacred precincts of purest camphor... And verily that which We decreed on the twenty-first day of that month... the Mighty, the Merciful [3.5s] | HARV.6 | MBA.296-300x, TZH3.333.18-334.07x | Apocalyptic imagery; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Imam Husayn; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Smoking | - | - | SRC.096, SRC.097 | |||||||
| BB00658 | Letter to Rahim | 4900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامدد الامدد. و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له خیرالائلهین و اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاکونن الی آخر الذی لا آخر له خیرالائلهین ... ان یا اسم الابهی اذا غربت الشمس لم یحط علم بانها فیمن و لا یطلع الا یوم من یظهره الله ذلک رب العالمین | Verily I am God; there is no God but Me! From the beginning that hath no beginning I have been the Best of creators, and verily I am God; there is no God but Me, and unto the end that hath no end I shall ever remain the Best of creators... O Name of the All-Glorious! When the sun hath set, none knoweth wherein it dwelleth, nor shall it rise again save on the Day of Him Whom God shall make manifest, that Lord of all the worlds [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.471-482 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00566 | Letter to Shaykh 'Ali 'Azim | 130 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Shaykh ʿAlí Turshízí, An | هو الاکبر شهد الله اله لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الاعظم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً و انما البهاء القوم من الله فی اصحاب الهدی | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. Indeed, the glory from God resteth upon the people of guidance [3.5s] | CMB_F23.130v10-131r03 (29), , CMB_F20.012v10-012v16, , BYC_tablets.066.13-067.02 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00612 | Letter to Shaykh 'Ali 'Azim | 60 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب هو الاکبر بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم الله لا اله الا هو الاعظم الاعظم. فاستقرن الامر بنفی النفی و اثبات الف الاثبات بنصر ربک الطی هو | God bore witness that there is no god but Him, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved. He is the Most Great. In the name of God, the Supreme, the Supreme. Assist the Cause by negating the negative and confirming a thousand confirmations | CMB_F20.013r05-013r15, | QISM.027 | KSHK.BWB | Alchemy; the elixir | - | - | |||||||
| BB00333 | Letter to Sulayman, Sharif of Mecca (addressing the people of Mecca) | 540 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to Sharīf Sulaymān, the Sharīf of Mecca, and to the People of Mecca | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم و انه لعلی صراط الله فی السموات و الارض ینزل الیک من الآیات بلسان عربی متین | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise, and lo, it followeth the Path of God in the heavens and on earth, revealing unto thee verses in a mighty Arabic tongue [3.5s] | INBA91:025.06-028.07, INBA_6012C.257-260, , CMB_F28.7.01-02, | AHDA.104 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to Muslims; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.19, BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.461.12?, MMAH.035, SRC.191, SRC.192 | ||||||
| BB00291 | Letter to Tahirih (Maku) | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یبدع ما یشاء بفضله سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون اللهم انی اشهدک و من لدیک | Praise be to God Who createth whatsoever He willeth through His grace, and glorified and exalted be He above all that they describe. O God! I bear witness before Thee [3.5s] | CMB_F21.135.02-138.01#24, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | ||||||||
| BB00533 | Letter to the first pillar (tasbih) | 170 | Arabic | هو الاکبر. سبحانک اللهم فاحفظ تلک المظاهر الاربعة من عندک بحفظ عظیم ... سبحانک الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامر اقرب من ان | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Do Thou guard, through Thy mighty protection, those four Manifestations from Thy presence... Glory be unto Him Who hath created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth betwixt them through a command more nigh than [3.5s] | BYC_hand01 | MANU.068-069, QISM.021 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00436 | Letter to the first word | 330 | Arabic | هو انت. هذا کتاب من الله المهیمن القیوم الی الکلمة الاولی ان اشهد انه لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب قل للذین هم یتبعون امرالله | This is a Book from God, the All-Encompassing, the Self-Subsisting, unto the Primal Word: Bear thou witness that there is none other God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved. Say unto those who follow the Command of God [3.5s] | PR03.141r22-141v12 | QISM.036 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00549 | Letter to the fourth pillar (takbir) | 150 | Arabic | بسم الله المتظهر المتسخر. الله اکبر عما انتم تکبرون الله اعظم عما انتم تعظمون الله اظهر عما انتم تظهرون | God is exalted above that which you magnify. God is greater than that which you glorify. God is more manifest than that which you have revealed [4o] | BYC_hand01 | MANU.070-071, QISM.021 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00489 | Letter to the great uncle | 240 | Arabic | Epistle of the Báb to The Greatest Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, Revealed in Isfahán, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی من علی بالبلاء و احمده بما نزل علی من البأساء والضراء بما فعل بغیر حق اهل الشرک و العصیان و ان الی اشکوتنی و حزنی | Praise be unto God, Who hath bestowed upon me the Grace to thank Him for His ordeals. | KKD1.105-106, TZH2.126, AHDA.231 | CHH.023-025 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; One universal law; attractive power of love; Power of love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| BB00399 | Letter to the Hanafi Imam | 390 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت باذن ربک من لدن علی حکیم. ثم قد فصلت آیاته باذن ربک على صراط مستقیم | Verily this is a Book sent down by leave of thy Lord from the presence of One who is Exalted and Wise. Then were its verses expounded by the leave of thy Lord upon a straight path [3.5s] | INBA91:023.04-025.04 | Call to action; Justice and wrath of God; Need for an educator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | FHR#03.09 | ||||||||
| BB00563 | Letter to the second pillar (tahmid) | 140 | Arabic | بسم الله المتمجد المتقدس. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامره کن فیکون و انما العزة لله الذی خلق کل شیء | Praise be to God who created the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lies between them by His command "Be" and it is. Might belongs to God alone, who created everything by His command | BYC_hand01 | MANU.069-070, QISM.021 | KSHK.BWB | Creation of the world; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00559 | Letter to the third pillar (tawhid) | 150 | Arabic | بسم الله الفرد المعتمد. قل الله ربی کل له لمسبحون قل الله ربی کل له یحمدون قل الله ربی | In the name of God, the Peerless, the Ever-Faithful. Say: God, my Lord! All give praise unto Him. Say: God, my Lord! All prostrate to Him | BYC_hand01 | MANU.070-070, QISM.021 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||
| BB00315 | Letter to the uncle of the Báb in Bushihr | 590 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی قد نزل الآیات علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لسمیع علیم و ان ذلک حکم من لدی ان ارسل کتاباً فیه احکام الناس ما هم کانوا عاملین | Glorified be He Who sendeth down verses upon whomsoever He willeth among His servants, and verily He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. And this, truly, is a decree from His presence, that I should send forth a Book containing ordinances for mankind according to which they act [3.5s] | INBA91:056.06-059.08 | Belief and denial; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | FHR#03.06? | ||||||||
| BB00571 | Letter to the wife of the Báb, from Masqat | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اقرء کتاب ربک الذی لا اله الا هو قد نزل باذنه من لدن علی حمید و انه فی حکم الکتاب | Read the book of your Lord God, there is no other god but Him. It descended by His permission from Ali, the Praiseworthy. Verily, the path of God in the heavens and the earth is in the decree of the book | INBA58:170.04-171.04, INBA91:051.11-052.06, PR04.194v01-194v10 | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Procession; appearance of the Word from God | - | - | FHR#03.08 | |||||||
| BB00052 | Li-‘Aliyyi’l-A’la | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الخلق و الامر من قبل و من بعد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لا تموت و ملک لا تزول و سلطان لا تحول ... کلشیء قدیرا ثم لاشهدنک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the creation and the command, both before and after. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not, the Sovereign Whose dominion fadeth not, the King Whose rule changeth not... all-powerful over all things. I bear witness unto Thee [3.5s] | MKI4515.024r-027v, MKI4494.097 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00424 | Li-‘Askari | 340 | Arabic | هو المتکبر المقتدر الوهاب. اشهد الله و ما هو فی علمه بانه لا اله الا هو و ان ما سواه خلقه و فی قبضته و کل له | I bear witness before God, and whatsoever lieth within His knowledge, that there is none other God but Him, and that all else beside Him is His creation and within His grasp [3.5s] | HNU.000i | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00492 | Li-‘Azim | 240 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. سبحان الذى نزل الکتاب فیه هدى و ذکرى لقوم یسمعون و انا نحن نزلنا کتاب العدل فیه حکم من لدنا لقوم یعملون | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the Book wherein lieth guidance and remembrance for a people who hearken. Verily We, even We, have revealed the Book of Justice containing Our decrees for those who act [3.5s] | CMB_F23.138r03-138v07 (43), , CMB_F20.018v05-018v19, , BYC_tablets.078.07-079.04 | Free will and predestination; fate; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00129 | Li-Akhiri’l-Mu’min | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد خلقت کل شیء بامری و ان ما دونی خلقی قل ان یا خلقی ایای فاعبدون اننی قد کنت ازلاً قدیماً من قبل و من بعد | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have created all things by My command, and whatsoever is other than Me is My creation. Say: O My creation! Worship Me alone. Indeed, I have been from all eternity the Ancient of Days, before and after [3.5s] | TZH2.389-393 | Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | AHDA.462.03z? | ||||||||
| BB00086 | Li-avvali man sa’ida ilayh (Mulla Husayn) | 2200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک القدرة و الیاقوت تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحی و انک انت حی لا تموت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | CMB_F23.182v04-188r07 (63), , BYC_misc-b.022a11-031b06 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for the departed; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00277 | Li-Haji Mahmud | 710 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع و لک البهجة و الابتهاج و لک السلطنة و الاقتدار و لک ما أحببته أو تحبنَ من ملکوت أمرک وخلقک أنت الأول یا إلهی لیس قبلک من شیء و أنت الآخر یا محبوبی ولیس بعدک من شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Pride and the Resplendent Glory, Thine the Might and the Impregnability, Thine the Power and the Exaltation, Thine the Delight and the Bliss, Thine the Sovereignty and the Dominion, and Thine is whatsoever Thou hast loved or wilt love in the Kingdom of Thy Command and Creation. Thou art the First, O my God, and naught existeth before Thee, and Thou art the Last, O my Beloved, and there is none after Thee [3.5s] | MKI4494.059 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00164 | Li-Harfi’l-Avval | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الاول الاول. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا لاصلین علی کل ادلائی من اول الذی لا اول له الی آخر الذی لا آخر له و اننی انا خیرالمصلین | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I shall assuredly shower My blessings upon all My chosen guides, from the Beginning that hath no beginning unto the End that hath no end, and verily I am the most gracious of those who bestow blessings [3.5s] | BYC_pray.021.21-024.23 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Letters of the Living; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00282 | Li-harfi’r-ra’ va’l-ba’ | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الأمثال و لک المواقع و الإجلال و لک العظمة و الاستقلال و لک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزَة و الامتناع و لک القوَة و الارتفاع و لک البهجة و الابتهاج و لک السلطنة و الاقتدار و لک ما أحببته و تحبُه من ملکوت أمرک وخلقک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Greatness and the Independence, Thine the Pride and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence, Thine the Delight and the Bliss, Thine the Sovereignty and the Omnipotence, and Thine is whatsoever Thou hast loved and lovest in the Kingdom of Thy Command and Creation [3.5s] | MKI4494.057 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00292 | Li-Ismi’l-Akhir | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الاخر الاخر. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الآخر الآخر لم یزل کنت ازلاً قدیما و لا یزال لاکونن ازلاً قدیما بما قد خلقت ما قد خلقت من اول الذی لا اول له | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Last, the Last. I have ever been from time immemorial and shall forever remain from time immemorial, inasmuch as I created whatsoever I created from a beginning that hath no beginning [3.5s] | BYC_pray.020.02-021.19 | Manifestation of God as mediator; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00270 | Li-Ismi’llahi’n-Nazi’ | 720 | Arabic | بسم الله الاحفظ الاحفظ. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاحفظ الاحفظ و انما البهاء من الله علی من یظهره الله ثم ادلائه لم یزل و یزال | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is none other worthy of worship, the supreme Guardian, the ultimate Protector. Verily, the divine splendour is from God upon Him Whom God shall make manifest and upon His chosen ones throughout eternity [4o] | PR03.079v26-080v14, PR13.066v-069r | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00264 | Li-ithnayni min Ardi’j-Janna | 750 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت غفار | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Ever hast Thou been the Forgiver [3.5s] | MKI4494.063 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00434 | Li-Jinabi Aqa Muhammad Hasan | 330 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم ان لا اله الا انت لاشهدنک ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! There is no God but Thee. I testify, and all things bear witness, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | MKI4494.094 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00298 | Li-Jinabi’l-Ahmad | 650 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحان ذی الملک و الملکوت و سبحان ذی العز والجبروت و سبحان ذی القدرة واللاهوت | Glorified be He Who is Lord of sovereignty and the Kingdom, and glorified be He Who is Lord of might and dominion, and glorified be He Who is possessed of power and divine majesty [3.5s] | MKI4494.085 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00281 | Li-Khalaf | 700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. تنزیل من کتاب ربک فی حکم عبد بعید و انه لکتاب لا ریب فیه قد نزل من لدن امام مبین وانه لهو الحق فی السموات و الارض لا یعزب من علمه شیء و انه لعلی کل شیء شهید انا نحن قد نزلنا کتابا من قبل | A revelation from the Book of thy Lord concerning a distant servant. Verily it is a Book wherein there is no doubt, sent down from the presence of a manifest Guide. And verily He is the Truth in the heavens and on earth; naught escapeth His knowledge, and He is witness over all things. We, verily, have sent down a Book before [3.5s] | PR04.013v03-015v11 | - | - | FHR#03.17, AHDA.461.11 | |||||||||
| BB00302 | Li-Mir Muhammad ‘Ali | 630 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and then all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | MKI4494.086 | Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00555 | Li-Mulla Sadiq | 150 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده انه قد آمن بالله و آیاته و کان من الصادقین اللهم انک تعلم کل شیء و ما یعمل العاملون لوجهک و انک قد وعدت علی لسان اولیائک للذین یصبر | God testifieth concerning His servant that he hath believed in God and His signs, and was among the truthful ones. O God! Thou knowest all things, and whatsoever they who act for Thy sake do perform, and Thou hast promised through the tongue of Thy chosen ones unto them that show patience [3.5s] | PYK.004, TZH3.150.17-151.03 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00261 | Li-Qa’im | 760 | Arabic | سبحانک ان لا اله الا انت انک رب العالمین سبحانک اللهم انک انت خالق السموات و الارض و ما بینهما بامرک لا من شیء و انک انت فاطر کل شیء | Glorified art Thou! There is no God but Thee; verily, Thou art the Lord of all worlds. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Thou art, in truth, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them by Thy command, from nothingness, and Thou art the Fashioner of all [3.5s] | PR03.078v28-79v16, BYC_collect3.084-088 | Creation of the world; Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00609 | Li-Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshizi | 60 | Arabic | هو. بسم الله الظهر ذی الظهرین بسم الله البطن ذی البطانین بسم الله القدر ذی القدارین بسم الله العلم ذی العلامین بسم الله السلط ذی السلطاء بسم الله الحکم ذی الحکماء ... | In the name of God the manifest, master of all who are manifest. In the name of God the mighty, master of all who are mighty. In the name of God the hidden, master of all who are hidden | PR03.081r16-081r20, PR13.070v-071r | KSHK.BWB | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00208 | Li-Validay man yaktub bayna yadi’llah | 950 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الامنع. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک الرحمة و الفضال و لک السطوة و العدال ... علی کلشیء قدیرا و سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تقدست | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Mercy and the Bounty, Thine the Dominion and the Justice... over all things powerful art Thou. Glorified art Thou, O my God! Holy art Thou [3.5s] | CMB_F14.129r09-132r09, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the departed; Soul; spirit after death; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00523 | Li’l-Khalil | 180 | Arabic | الله اکبر تکبیراً کبیرا. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا کنت من اول الذی لا اول له کباناً دائماً اننی انا الله لا الله لا الله الا انا لاکون الی آخر الذی لا آخر له کباناً دائماً ان یا اسم الرحیم | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me. I have existed from the beginning that hath no beginning as an eternal Being. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, and I shall endure unto the end that hath no end as an eternal Being. O Name of the All-Merciful [3.5s] | PR03.085v14-085v21, PR20.083, CMB_F23.176v03-176v14 (60), | MANU.037-038 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Infinity and eternity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00614 | Li’th-Thamara | 60 | Arabic | الله اکبر تکبیرا کبیرا. هذا کتاب من عند الله المهیمن القیوم الی الله المهیمن القیوم قل کل من الله مبدئون ... هذا کتاب من علی قبل ملل ذکرالله للعالمین الی من یقول اسمه اسم الوحید ذکرالله للعالمین | God is the Most Great, Great is He! This is a book from God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting to God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Say: All are originated by God | PR03.086r01-086r03, PR03.088r25-088r28, CMB_F23.141r03-141r07 (46), , CMB_F20.020v05-020v08, , BYC_tablets.082.12-082.15 | NQK.ld, MANU.038-038, QISM.001 | KSHK.BWB | Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||||
| BB00204 | Ma Qala’l-Mir’at | 970 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی الجواد ث م ر. انا ارسلنا فی ارض الهائیات ثاء نوریا لیستضیئن کل من فی الملک بنوره و لیکونن للرحمن منصورا | Verily We have sent forth into the realm of divine manifestations a luminous effulgence, that all who dwell in the kingdom may be illumined by its light and become victorious for the All-Merciful [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.547-551, BYC_jabar.034.12-036.14, BYC_jabar.075.07-077.08 | Letters of the Living; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00295 | Madinatu'r-Rida (the City of Radiant Acquiescence) | 2180 | Arabic | Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Madínatu'r-Ridá (City of Radiant Acquiescence) | ذکر رحمه الله عبده بالحق لیفتخر بذلک فی ملا العالین و یشکر ربه فی کل حین | Remind his servant of God's clemency in truth, that he might be honored thereby among the concourse of the worlds, and might give thanks to his lord at all times, insofar as God's bounties to him | INBA73:186 | BRL_DA#282, AQA4a.135, AVK3.403.02x, ASAT4.015x, AKHA_124BE #11-12 p.bx, OOL.B087 | BRL_ATBH#41x, WIND#138, BLO_sazedj#07x, HURQ.BH16x | Expounds various stages and degrees of contentment: contentment with God and His decree; with one’ … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Presence [liqa'] of Manifestation of God is presence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Symbolism of color and light; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | 1b | * | - | ROB1.108, MMAH.191, GSH.036, LL#150 | ||
| BH00134 | Madinatu't-Tawhid (the City of Unity) | 3720 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Madínatu't-Tawhíd (City of Unity) | تلک آیات الکتاب فصلت آیاته بدعیا غیر ذی عوج علی آیات الله و هدی و نوری | These are the verses of the Book, whose signs have been set forth with wondrous originality, free from all crookedness, dwelling upon the signs of God, and serving as guidance and light [3.5s]... ...Beware, O believers in the Unity of God, lest ye be tempted to make any distinction between any of the Manifestations of His Cause | INBA36:199, BLIB_Or07852.046, , NLAI_BH3.074, PR03.251b13-254a15, PR19.017a-025b | BRL_DA#283, GWBP#024 p.046x, TZH4.225-227, MAS4.313, ASAT5.286x, MMUH#13x, MSBH5.443-444x, OOL.B088 | GWB#024x, GPB.003x, PDC.011x, PDC.111x, HURQ.BH15, JHT_B#009 | A theological discussion of the concept of divine unity from various perspectives: the unity of the … | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | - | ROB1.109, MMAH.180, GSH.022, LL#151 | ||
| BB00193 | Mina’z-Zahiri fi’l-Mir’at | 1100 | Arabic | بالله الله العلم القدر. و س اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا السلطان المقتدر قد خلقت کل شیء بامری و اننی انا کنت نصاراً منتصراً | Váv. Sín. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me, the Sovereign, the All-Powerful! Through My command have I created all things, and I, verily, am the Helper, the Victorious [3.5s] | MANU.036-036x | Growth and progress is gradual and according to capacity; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00130 | Munajat li-Hadrat va man ma’ahu | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت لم تزل کنت الهاً واحداً احداً صمداً فرداً حیاً قیوماً دائماً ابداً متعمداً مااتخذت لنفسک صاحبة و لا ولداً | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily, Thou hast ever been One God, Single, Alone, Self-Subsisting, Living, Self-Sustaining, Everlasting, Eternal, and hast taken unto Thyself neither consort nor son [3.5s] | CMB_F14.214v06-219r09, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BH00305 | Namaz-i-Hajat and instructions re ablutions | 2100 | Arabic | Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí ardi'l-álif | Salat-i-Hajat or Salat-i-Liqá (Prayer of the Needs or Reunion prayer) | ان یا قلم الاعلی ذکر الذی غرق فی ابحر الظن و الهوی لعل یخلصه ما یجری عنک و | O Pen of the Most High! Make mention of him who is immersed in the seas of doubt and passion, that perchance thou mayest purify him | INBA66:122, BLIB_Or15694.342, , Berlin1237#27, ALIB.folder18p066-075 | BRL_DA#076, AVK4.074x, MAS7.131x, RSR.106-107x | RBB.115-118x, BLO_PT#183 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Knowledge; recognition of God; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | LL#281, LL#505 | ||||
| BB00168 | Prayer and Ziyarat for Friday | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک فی ذلک الیوم الجمعه الذی قد شرفته و عظمته و عززته و قدسته و کرمته | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Friday, which Thou hast made noble and great, and hast exalted and sanctified [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.099-104, BYC_misc-b.100b05-105a07 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00070 | Prayer for 19 letters | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله العزیز الرؤف. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء بانک انت الله لا اله الا انت لم تزل یا الهی کنت کائنا و لا تزال تکون | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee. From time immemorial, O my God, Thou hast been, and unto everlasting Thou shalt be [3.5s] | INBA01:129.05-147.08 | Petitions to authorities; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00167 | Prayer for Ahmad | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و لک الحمد تحیی و تمیت ثم تمیت و تحیی و انک انت حی لاتموت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and Thine the Praise. Thou givest life and causest death, then causest death and givest life, and verily Thou art the Ever-Living Who dieth not [3.5s] | CMB_F14.057r06-060v08, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00235 | Prayer for Friday | 880 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الفرد الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا محبوب من ان اذکرک بذکری ایاک او ان اثنی فی ملکک اذ اننی اعرف حد کینونیتی بانها معدومة عندک | Glorified art Thou, O God, O Beloved, that I should make mention of Thee through my remembrance, or that I should praise Thee in Thy dominion, for verily I recognize the bounds of mine own being as non-existent before Thee [3.5s] | INBA58:145.08-154.09, INBA78:094-105, INBA82:054-060, BYC_collect3.137-141 | ASAT5.159-163, HNMJ.002-005x, HNMJ.037-040x, HNMJ.040-042x | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00289 | Prayer for Friday | 670 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الملائکة و اولو العلم قائما بالقسط لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم قد وقع علی ذلک الجبل کتابک و اشهد | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and the angels, and they who are possessed of knowledge, standing firm in justice, bear witness that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. Upon this mountain hath Thy letter descended, and I bear witness [3.5s]... ...Verily, at this time, the Sun of Truth hath reached the Point of midday zenith | INBA98:174.06-176.13, Berlin3655.116r-117v | GOH.171x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.454, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.195 | ||||||
| BB00661 | Prayer for Friday evening | 1980 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة الجمعه لاسئلنک ما فیها بک اذ لا شئ فى علمک عدلک و لا مثلک و لا شبهک و لا قرينک الخلق خلقک و الامر منک اليک و حدک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is the night of Friday, wherein I beseech Thee, through Thine own Self, for there existeth not within Thy knowledge any equal to Thy justice, nor any like unto Thee, nor any similitude, nor any peer. Creation is Thy creation, and the Command proceedeth from Thee and returneth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.041-046, MKI4515.015v-023v | Charitable associations; humanitarian activities; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00462 | Prayer for Haji Mirza Jani Kashani | 290 | Arabic | Translation List | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی کیف ادعوک بعد عصیانی نفسک و اغفالی عن مواقع حکمک و ادباری عن مقاعد مناجاتک | How can I call on Thee, O my God, after I have rebelled against Thee, neglected the Repositories of Thy decree, and turned away from the Seats of Thy communion? | CMB_F31.040r, | ADMS#130 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.459 | ||||||
| BB00121 | Prayer for Hajj Isma'il | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلقنی بامره ثم رزقنی بفضله ثم اطعمنی من جوع لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و ان منتهی دعائی یرجع الی نفسی شاکیاً من قبیح ما عملت | Praise be to God Who created me by His command, then sustained me through His bounty, and nourished me in my hunger. There is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. O my God! How can I call upon Thee when the uttermost end of my prayer returneth unto mine own self, bewailing the unseemly deeds I have wrought [3.5s] | PR03.068v25-070v08, MKI4511.038r-047r, BYC_jabar.169.14-173.19, BYC_collect3.102-111 | HNMJ.136-150 | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Love of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Presence of; reunion with God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00176 | Prayer for Laylatu'l-Qadr | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل ما یشاء بامره و یبدع فی کل حین بما یشاء فی الملک سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون یاالهی کیف اثنی ذاتیتک و احصی مجد کینونیتک | Praise be to God, Who sendeth down whatsoever He willeth by His command, and createth at every moment whatsoever He pleaseth in His dominion. Glorified and exalted is He above all that they attribute unto Him! O God, how can I extol Thine Essence and recount the glory of Thy Being [3.5s] | HNMJ.154-164 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Imam 'Ali; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00579 | Prayer for Mulla Hasan | 120 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا ایها الحبیب قف علی باب المجیب و اتکل علی الله ربی و ربک الذی لا الله الا هو السمیع العلیم | O loved one! Stand at the door of the One Who Answers, and trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no God but Him, the Hearing, the Knowing | INBA67:178-178, INBA_4011C:164-165, , PR04.051v01-051v05, PR07.073r-073r | KSHK.BWB | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for protection; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | SRC.192 | |||||||
| BB00159 | Prayer for Shaykh Muhammad Rida | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انت الله فاطر السموات و الارض و جاعل اللیل والنهار لا اله الا انت رب العالمین یا الهی کیف تحرک شفتای بذکرک کان مملوة قلبی بالعجز والقصاری من ثنائک | O Lord, Thou art God, Fashioner of the heavens and the earth, and Maker of night and day. There is no God but Thee, Lord of all worlds. O my God! How can my lips move in remembrance of Thee when my heart is filled with utter powerlessness to praise Thee [3.5s] | PR03.071r10-072r18, MKI4511.047v-053v, BYC_jabar.165.08-168.06, BYC_collect3.088-093, BYC_collect3.111-116 | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00188 | Prayer for Siyyid Husayn | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العزة و الجبروت و لک القوة و اللاهوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I and all things bear witness that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm [3.5s] | CMB_F14.219r10-223r02, | Justice and wrath of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.461, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00331 | Prayer for Siyyid Husayn | 550 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا الهی انت الذی شهدت لنفسک بنفسک بانک انت الله لا الله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لم تزل کنت بلا وجود شیئ معک و لا تزال انک کائن بمثل ما کنت .... | O my God! Thou art He Who hath testified of Thine own Self, through Thine own Self, that verily Thou art God, and that there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thou hast ever existed when naught existed beside Thee, and Thou wilt forever remain as Thou hast been [3.5s] | PR02.132r24-133r06 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH01125 | Prayer for the Fast (Dawn) | 740 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting) | اللهم انی اسئلک بالایه الکبری و ظهور فضلک بین الوری بان لاتطردنی عن باب | I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men | INBA97:153, Majlis210461.121-124 | PMP#177, AHM.121, TSBT.057, NFF5.041, OOL.B090.04 | PM#177, BPRY.261, SW_v04#18 p.306, BP1929.004-011 | The Badasht Project, E. Mahony, L. Harley | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for fasting; Presence of; reunion with God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#467 | |||
| BH00437 | Prayer for the Fast (Iftar) | 1620 | Arabic | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی اسئلک بالذین جعلت صیامهم فی حبک و رضائک و اظهار امرک | Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love | INBA38:304, INBA48:045, INBA33:087, INBA49:227, INBA92:284, BLIB_Or15739.094, | BRL_DA#242, TSBT.064, NFF5.055, ASAT4.488x, OOL.B090.02 | BRL_IOPF#3.06 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for fasting; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#271, LL#469 | |||||
| BB00493 | Prayer for the hajj, for Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Qazvini | 230 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا هو و اشهد لمحمد و علی و فاطمه و الحسن و الحسین و علی و محمد و جعفر | I bear witness that there is no God but Him, and I testify unto Muhammad and 'Alí and Fáṭimih and Ḥasan and Ḥusayn and 'Alí and Muhammad and Ja'far [3.5s] | INBA67:176-177, PR07.074v-074v | Chastisement and requital; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | ||||||||
| BB00536 | Prayer for the mirrors | 170 | Arabic | Prayer of the Báb on Divine Sovereignty and the True Mirror | الله اکبر تکبیراً کبیرا. قل اللهم انک انت قوآء السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لتؤتین القوة من یشآء ... و لعمر من یظهره الله لو تدومن بذلک و لتقبلن على من على الارض لن یقابلنک من احد | Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Power of the heavens and the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. Thou bestowest strength upon whomsoever Thou willest... By the life of Him Whom God shall make manifest, wert thou to persevere in this and turn unto all who are on earth, none would stand against thee [3.5s] | INBA58:144.01-145.05 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00152 | Prayer in reply to al-'Alawiyya (Tahirih) | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الجمال و العظمة و الجلال لا اله الا هو الکبیر المتعال شهد الله لذاته قبل کل شیء | O Thou Who art possessed of glory and beauty, of grandeur and majesty! There is no God but Him, the Most Great, the Most Exalted. God beareth witness unto His Own Self before all else [3.5s] | INBA91:145.06-152.10, PR04.029v08-032v13 | Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God as mirror; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for protection; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.02 | ||||||||
| BB00145 | Prayer in reply to Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Nahri et al | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک و للخلق عبادک انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک و لا لکینونیتک خلقه دون ذاتک | O God! I bear witness before Thee to that whereunto Thou dost bear witness unto Thyself and unto all created beings, Thy servants, that Thou art God, no God is there but Thee, Single art Thou, without peer, and naught existeth in Thine Essence save Thy Self [3.5s] | INBA91:154.06-161.09, INBA_5019C:311-315, | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | FHR#12.06, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00402 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abd al-Jalil, on the thanksgiving prostration | 380 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف نفسه بنفسه و تنزه عن مجانسة عباده و تقدس عن مقارنة اثاره | Praise be to God Who hath revealed His Own Self through His Own Self, Who hath exalted Himself above all likeness to His servants, and Who hath sanctified Himself beyond all comparison with His signs [3.5s] | INBA91:121.02-123.02, INBA_5019C:294-294, | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.05, AHDA.459?, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BB00172 | Prayer in reply to Mulla 'Abdu'l-Khaliq [Yazdi] | 1200 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | Tablet to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له الحمد و العزة و ماسواه من خشیته یشفقون یا الهی اشهد لدیک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تشهد لنفسک قبل کل شیء لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | O Thou to Whom belongeth all praise and glory, before Whom all else tremble in awe! O my God, I testify before Thee in this Book to that which Thou didst testify concerning Thine own Self before all things: Verily, there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | INBA91:094.12-102.01, PR04.026v04-029v05 | AHDA.183 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.03 | |||||
| BB00138 | Prayer in reply to Mulla Ahmad Khurasani, Di'bil, et al | 1300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف لعباد نفسه و لو لا تعریفه با لا بداع لکانوا من المنسیین اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الیوم بما تشهد لنفسک | Praise be to God, Who hath made Himself known unto His servants; for, without His revelation and divine guidance, they would assuredly have remained in oblivion. O Lord, I bear witness unto Thee on this day in the very manner that Thou dost bear witness unto Thine own Self [4o] | INBA91:123.04-130.08, INBA_5019C:295-298, | ASAT4.370x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.07, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00587 | Prayer written at the request of Karbala'i 'Ali Asghar Khurasani | 100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. شهد الله لعبده انه من بالله و ایاته و کان من المهتدین الهی انی اشهدک بما تشهد لنفسک | God bore witness to His servant that he believed in God and His verses, and he was of those who are guided. O my God! I bear witness to You by that which you bear witness to Yourself and the saints who have drawn nigh among Your servants | INBA91:153.10-154.04 | KSHK.BWB | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for praise and gratitude | - | - | FHR#12.04, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00062 | Prayers for the days of the week | 2800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته الی الله یحشرون اللهم انک انت الله الفرد الاحد الصمد الحی القیوم | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs and who shall be gathered unto Him. O God! Thou art indeed God, the Single, the One, the Eternal, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting [3.5s] | INBA58:072.03-095.07, INBA78:001-045, PR03.228r07-231r09, MKI4499.035-047 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.461.01a | ||||||||
| BH00687 | Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (The Fire Tablet) | 1120 | Arabic | Fire Tablet; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet) | ان یا مهدی ان انظر من افق البدآء انوار وجه ربک العلی الابهی ثم استمع الندآء | Indeed the hearts of the sincere are consumed in the fire of separation: Where is the gleaming of the light of Thy Countenance, O Beloved of the worlds? | INBA33:147x, INBA30:124, INBA81:192, BLIB_Or11095#009, , BLIB_Or15738.124, | BRL_DA#335, AHM.169, TSBT.219, MAS4.236ax, NFF2.007x, ASAT1.064x, ASAT5.255x, ABMK.055, OOL.B091 | BPRY.312, BLO_PT#036, BLO_PT#037, BSTW#411 | Ahdieh, S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, B. Lisbeth, A. Yanch, Gyenyame, T. Ellis | Written in rhythmic prose and taking the form of a conversation between Bahá’u’lláh and God in … | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | 3a | * | * | ROB3.226, BKOG.321, MMAH.115, GSH.188, LL#211 | |
| BH00115 | Qasidiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqa'iyyih (Ode of the Dove) | 3950 | Arabic | Ode of the Dove; Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove"; Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove" | Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove) | اجذبتنی بوارق انوار طلعه لفروغها کل الشموس تخفت کان بروق الشمس من نور حسنها | A face flashing with light drew me to her; all the suns dimmed before her radiance | INBA36:419, INBA66:175x | BRL_DA#803, AQA3#071 p.196, TZH4.148x, MAS4.197, MAS8.039ax, RHQM2.0878-887 (299) (184-191), OOL.B092 | GPB.118x, BLO_PT#017x, BLO_PT#059, JBS#29.3.43, HURQ.BH04 | A lengthy poem composed in the style of a poem by Ibn-i-Fáriḍ, glorifying the spirit that had vis … | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1a | * | - | ROB1.062, ROB1.084, BKOG.118, BKOG.415, EBTB.098, MMAH.087, GSH.010, LL#274 | ||
| BB00002 | Qayyumu'l-Asma' (Commentary on the Surah of Joseph) | 112000 | Arabic | Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl); Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The; Gate of the Heart | Qayyumul-Asma (book) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی نزل الکتاب علی عبده بالحق لیکون للعالمین سراجا وهاجا ان هذا صراط علی | All praise be to God Who hath, through the power of Truth, sent down this Book unto His servant [the Bāb], that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind | INBA03, INBA_6020C, INBA_6016C, PR41.002-192, CMB_F23.150r14-153r11 (53)x, , CMB_F11, , BLIB_Or3539, BLIB_Or6681, BN_6435, BN_5780, MKI4496, , IOM.089-090, KB_qayyum, BYC_qayyum | ASH.055-370, RHQM1.019-021x, MBA.309-314x, SWBP#08 (p.026-050x), OOL.A003 | SWB#08 (p.041-074x), GPB.005-006x, GPB.023x, GPB.376x, WOB.101x, WOB.126x, GOH.passim (see index), MNP.001-027n, MNP.088x, MNP.110-114x, MNP.127-134x, HURQ.BB02x, LOIR06.047x, BLO_PT#074x | T. Ellis, unknown, friends in Jordan | Adam; Adam and Eve; Angels; Apocalyptic imagery; Belief and denial; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Call to action; Celestial spheres [aflak]; planets; astronomy; Chastisement and requital; Creation of the world; Crimson Ark; the Ark of God; Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Development of capacity and readiness; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Empty learning; false spirituality; Exhortations and counsels; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Fellowship with the wayward and ungodly; Fire and light; fire and water; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Goodly deeds; actions; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; High station of the true believer; Hypocrisy; Idolatry; Imagery in the Qur'an; Imam Husayn; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; John the Baptist; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Knowledge; recognition of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Language and the structure of reality; Life and death; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God as mediator; Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mosaic imagery; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Mystical themes; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Obedience to; authority of the Manifestations of God; Outward and inward meanings; Piety; righteousness; fear of God [taqwa]; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Praise and encouragement; Predictions and prophecies; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proofs for the existence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Recompense; reward for belief; right action; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Satan; the Evil One; Scarcity of receptive souls; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Status of material wealth; wealth and poverty; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Unity; oneness of humanity; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1 | * | - | FHR#01, NSS.023-024, DB.061x, DB.179x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.445.4, MMAH.009, SRC.055-057, SRC.195, GOH.030, GOH.111-159, KKD1.228.08x | ||
| BB00023 | Regarding the four pillars | 10100 | Arabic | هو العالی العلی الاعلى بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين. الحمد لله الذی هدانا الی الاکسیر الأحمر و هو اول بیت وضع للناس فی عالم الفؤاد فی کثیب الأحمر | Praise be to God Who hath guided us to the Red Elixir, the foremost habitation raised for humankind in the realm of the heart, set upon the Crimson Dune [4o] | PR07.001v-014v | Alchemy; the elixir; Four pillars; Language and the structure of reality; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00124 | Reply to Mirza hadi Qazvini and Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Qazvini | 1500 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb to Hádí and Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی کیف ادعوک و انت تعلم سری و کیف لا اقول ما خطر علی قلبی و انت امرتنی بالدعاء و وعدت المتکبرین کلمة العذاب فی کتابک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! How can I call upon Thee when Thou knowest mine inmost secrets, and how can I refrain from uttering that which hath stirred within my heart when Thou hast commanded me to pray and hast decreed for the proud the word of chastisement in Thy Book [3.5s] | INBA91:130.10-139.03, INBA_5019C:305-308, , PR04.032v15-036r10 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.08, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00196 | Reply to Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati | 1000 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Response to the Inquiry of Mullá Ibrāhím Maḥallātí | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد عرف الخلق آیاته المودعة فی عز حقایقهم و ما خلق فی الافاق بغیر | Praise be to God, Who hath acquainted all created things with His signs deposited in the glory of their own selves and that which He hath fashioned in the horizons [3.5s] | INBA91:139.05-145.04, INBA_5019C:308-311, , PR04.020v05-023r12 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.09, FHR#03.20, SRC.191 | |||||||
| BB00157 | Reply to Mulla Ja'far-i-Shubbar | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد لذاته بذاته الا اله الا هو العلی العظیم اللهم انی اشهدک فی ذلک الکتاب بما تحب لنفسک من اهل الابداع | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. O my God! I bear witness before Thee in this Book unto that which Thou lovest for Thyself among the people of creation [3.5s] | INBA91:161.11-168.06, INBA_5019C:315-318, , PR04.023r13-026v02 | Dissimulation [taqiyyih]; concealment or denial of Faith; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God does not act of own volition; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#12.10, SRC.191 | ||||||||
| BH00195 | Ridvanu'l-'Adl (the Garden of Justice) | 2910 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Baha'u'llah's Paradise of Justice; Translation List; Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl); Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Ridvánuʼl-ʻAdl (Tablet of the Paradise of Justice) | هذا لوح فیه بعث الله اسمه العادل و نفخ منه روح العدل فی هیاکل الخلایق اجمعین | This is the Paradise of Justice, which hath appeared as a token of God’s grace and been adorned by Him with glorious and wondrous fruits | INBA47:022, INBA37:104, INBA92:207bx, BLIB_Or15723.241, , BLIB_Or15725.085, , BLIB_Or15737.083, | BRL_DA#717, GWBP#012 p.019x, GWBP#088 p.116ax, GWBP#134 p.186x, AQA4#088 p.245, AQA4a.299, AVK2.054.13x, SFI10.010, MAS4.160ax, RHQM2.0000 (138) (087-088x), AKHA_122BE #07-08 p.ax, OOL.B094 | BRL_ATBH#55x, GWB#012x, GWB#088x, GWB#134x, ADJ.028ax, PDC.006x, PDC.120x, BLO_PT#018, HURQ.BH26, ADMS#016 | M. Magagula, Sanele & Xolani | Extols the virtue of justice, assigning it a sacred origin and purpose in the world; calls upon the … | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | MMAH.104, GSH.207, LL#276 | |
| BH00227 | Ridvanu'l-Iqrar | 2630 | Arabic | Ridvanu'l-Iqrar (Ridván of the Enthronement) | اقر الله بذاته لذاته بانه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر و کل له خاضعون اقر | God taketh His seat [upon His celestial Throne] by virtue of His Essence which is operative through His Essence, for He, no God is there except Him… By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of Ali (the Bab) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out | INBA47:050, INBA37:057, INBA83:092, BLIB_Or15723.146, | AQA4#083 p.180, AQA4a.042, MAS4.353x, OOL.B095 | GPB.243x, GPB.250x, HURQ.BH27x | Dwells on the state of those who have rejected the truth and contrasts it with the state of those wh … | Adam; Adam and Eve; Call to action; Creation of the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.175, GSH.115, LL#277 | Quoted by Abdu'l-Baha in MKT3.420 (AB00024). Merged with BH10413. | ||
| BB00354 | Risala fi'l-Tasdid | 470 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اعلم ثبت الله قدمیک علی الصراط ان الله سبحانه تعالی غنی کامل و ان مصنوعه حین ما اصنع جری القلم و قدرها القدر علی کماله بحیث لانقص فیه ..... | Know thou—may God make firm thy footsteps upon the Path—that God, glorified and exalted be He, is the All-Sufficient and Perfect One, and that His creation, from the moment He fashioned it, when the Pen moved and destiny ordained it to its perfection, was such that no imperfection could be found therein [3.5s] | INBA14:483-486, INBA53:061-063, INBA67:143-145, INBA_4011C:121-123, , INBA_6004C:207-209, , INBA_6006C:072-073, , INBA_6010C:477-480, , PR07.062v-063r | ASAT5.237x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Perfection; imperfection of nature; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | SRC.045, SRC.192, SRC.196 | |||||||
| BB00297 | Risala fi's-Suluk (Epistle on the Spiritual Path I) | 650 | Arabic | Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The; Gate of the Heart; Treatise on Spiritual Wayfaring unto God (Risálah fi's-Sulúk ilá Alláh) | Risala fis-Suluk I and II (Journey towards God) | استقم یا سائل التقی فی مقام التوحید قال الله تعالى الذین قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل | Be steadfast, O seeker of piety, in the station of affirming the divine unity. As God, exalted be He, has said | INBA14:486-489, INBA53:058-061, INBA67:145-148, PR04.052r08-054r12, PR07.063r-064r, HBH_suluktr (=INBMC6006) | ASAT4.158-159x, AVK2.231.07 | LOIR03.049-058 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Four pillars; Knowledge; recognition of God; Knowledge of self; Love of God; Oneness; unity of religion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transcending the material condition; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | NSS.019-020, AHDA.449.3, MMAH.043, SRC.044, GOH.030, GOH.301 | ||||
| BB00039 | Risala Furu' al-'Adliyya (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | 5500 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Furu-i-Adliyyih (Epistle of Justice: Branches) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و لقد فرض الله علی الناس قبل الصلوة بعضاً من الاحکام و هی ان الله لا یکلف لاحد الا دون قوته و ما یجبر علی احد لشیء | God hath enjoined upon mankind certain ordinances prior to the act of prayer, and among them is His decree that He imposeth no burden upon any soul beyond its capacity, nor is anyone to be compelled in any matter [4o] | INBA_3006C:148-182, , INBA_5010C:082-166, , INBA_6011C:081-120, , PR02.077v01-077v28, MKI4499.020, AEWB.141-145, | HBAB.798, OOL.A021a, OOL.A021b | Business; financial; property matters; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Justice and wrath of God; Law of Huququ'llah; Law of obligatory prayer; Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas | 2 | * | - | DB.208x, AHDA.448.1, MMAH.044, SRC.068-071, SRC.196, SRC.203, GOH.033 | ||||
| BB00042 | Risalata’l-Ishraq | 4600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة قبل کلشیء لظهور قیومیته فی ملکوت الامر و الخلق لیعلم کل الذرات | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will before all else, that His divine sovereignty might be made manifest in the kingdom of command and creation, and that all atoms might come to know [3.5s] | INBA40:164-180, PR02.142r14-146v13, Berlin3655.126r-135v | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||||
| BB00019 | Sahifa Baynu'l-Haramayn (Epistle Revealed between the Twin Shrines) | 13100 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Sahifiy-i-Bayna'l-Haramayn (Epistle between Twin Shrines) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. ان هذا کتاب قد نزلت علی الارض المقدسة بین الحرمین من لدن علی حمید | This Book was indeed sent down within the sacred land between the Two Shrines on the part of one Elevated, Praiseworthy. | INBA50:073-106x, INBA_4011C:179-252, , INBA_6007C.348-413, PR03.058r22-068v23, PR04.115v04-164r03, CMB_F07, CMB_Or943 ff.489-545, BLIB_Or0943, BLIB_Or5325, BN_5804, BN_6248, LEID.Or4371, LEID.UL2414, MKI4499.069-118x, MKI4488.001r-028v, MKI4511.029v-037v, KB_bayn, BYC_bayn, BYC_baynal, AEWB.061-071x, AEWB.116-135x | HBAB.727x, HNMJ.006-008x, HNMJ.009-011x, HNMJ.011-016x, HNMJ.016-018x, HNMJ.019-020x, OOL.A004 | RBB.093-096x, GOH.056x, HURQ.BB14x, KSHK#01x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of fasting; Law of pilgrimage; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Seven stages of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Word of God and human limitations | 1 | * | - | FHR#07, DB.137x, BRHL.59, MSBR.200-201, AHDA.450.6, MMAH.049, SRC.060, SRC.198, GOH.031 | |||
| BB00013 | Sahifih of 33 prayers | 15600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء سبحانه وتعالی عما یصفون یا الهی کیف اشکو مصابی بعد ما انک تطلع بجریراتی | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth. Glorified and exalted be He above all that they ascribe unto Him. O my God! How can I bemoan mine affliction when Thou art aware of my transgressions [3.5s] | TZH3.275.11-276.07x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.195 | ||||||||
| BB00055 | Sahifiy-i-Ha’iyyih | 3300 | Arabic | بسم الله القائم القدوس. الحمد لله الذی خلق السموات و الارض بامره و ان الذین یومنون بالله و ایاته اولئک هم الی الله یقلبون شهد الله انه لا اله | Praise be to God, Who hath created the heavens and the earth by His command. Verily they who believe in God and His signs - these are they who turn unto God. God beareth witness that there is no god [3.5s] | PR03.190v11-193v08 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00012 | Sahifiy-i-Ja'fariyya (Epistle of Ja'far) | 19300 | Arabic | Analysis of the Salient Features of Risáliy-i-Ja'faríyyih, An; Gate of the Heart | Risaliy-i-Jafariyyih (Treatise of Jafar) or Shar-i Du‘á’-i-Ghaybat (Commentary on the Occultation Prayer) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی شهد بذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو الذی قد علا بعلو نفسه علی کل شیء و استتر من علو ظهوره عن کل شیء الذی کان لم یزل کان بلا ذکر شیئ | All praise be to God Who hath testified through His Own Self unto His Self that there is none other God but Him, Who hath ascended through the sovereignty of His Being above all things, and Who, through the loftiness of His Revelation, hath concealed Himself from all things - He Who hath everlastingly been, and existed ere the mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...The fifth station testifieth unto God in the mirror of the Letter Há’, and it is the Word that consisteth of the Twin Alifs | INBA60:057-154, INBA98:048.15-110.05x, PR14.001-060, Berlin3655.008r-051v | TZH3.280.06-282.21x, NSS.184ax, OOL.A010 | GOH.224x, MNP.199-212x (infra), LOIR20.248 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | NSS.030-035, AHDA.453.4, SRC.066-067, SRC.198, GOH.021-022, GOH.032, GOH.235 | ||||
| BB00018 | Sahifiy-i-Makhdhumiyyih = Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) | 13200 | Arabic | Selections from the Writings of the Báb; Gate of the Heart; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Sahifiy-i-Makhzunih (Hidden Treasured Epistle) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی هو کائن قبل کل شیء و لا یکون شیء معه و کان موجوداً حین لا وجود لشیء لدیه الذی قد قصدت افئده العارفین عن معرفة ادنی وصفه | Praise be to God Who existed ere all things were brought into being, and with Whom nothing can be compared. He was manifest when there was none other to contemplate His reality. He is the One Whose essence the hearts of the knowing have longed to fathom, yet fail utterly to apprehend even the most infinitesimal glimpse of His attributes [4o]... …The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent… O my God, my Lord and my Master! I have detached myself… I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God!... O My God, O my Lord, O my Master! I beg Thee to forgive me | INBA_5006C:284-314, , INBA_6009C:001-171, , PR03.043r-043rx, PR04.058r06-100r11, PR25.001-043, CMB_Add.3704, , MKI4499.043x | SWBP#53 (p.138-139x), SWBP#54 (p.139-141x), SWBP#57 (p.142-144x), SWBP#58 (p.144-145x), SWBP#59 (p.145-146x), SWBP#60 (p.146-147x), SWBP#62 (p.149-149(a)x), SWBP#63 (p.149-149(b)x), SWBP#64 (p.149-150x), SWBP#73 (p.155-155x), OOL.A009 | SWB#54 (p.194-195x), SWB#55 (p.196-198x), SWB#58 (p.200-202x), SWB#59 (p.202-204x), SWB#60 (p.204-205x), SWB#61 (p.205-206x), SWB#63 (p.209-209x), SWB#64 (p.210(a)x), SWB#65 (p.210(b)x), SWB#73 (p.216x), BPRY.022x, BPRY.063x, BPRY.130x, BPRY.141x, BPRY.227x, HURQ.BB29x | The Humming Birds, S. Toloui-Wallace, Kiya & Parya, TaliaSafa, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, E. Mahony, A. Wensbo, Louis & Eleonore, Z. Johnson, Nahal & Bakang, D. Khavari, Shadi, Hoda & Leif, C. Kinglit, O. Devine, N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, N. Hamilton, L. & L. Hosack, S. Ihsan, P. Held & C. Bahia [track 10], almunajat.com [item 4], E. Tarani, unknown | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#02, AHDA.451.1, MMAH.059, SRC.059, SRC.198, GOH.030-031 | Prayer 1 is Du'a-yi sahifa. | ||
| BB00156 | Sahifiy-i-Mu'tamid (ad-Dawlah) | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الابداع طرز الالف القائم بین الحرفین لیلوح علی هیاکل الاشراف بما لاح من نور صبح الازل ملأ به کل الافاق والصلوة علی النقطة الاولیة التی بوجودها اضاء کل .... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of the Book of Creation after the pattern of the upright Alif standing betwixt two letters, that it might shine forth upon the temples of the noble ones through that which hath dawned from the light of the Primal Morn, wherewith He hath flooded the horizons. And blessings be upon the Primal Point, through Whose existence [3.5s] | PR02.139r27-140v13 | Creation of the world; Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Impossibility of true worship of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00327 | Sahifiy-i-Mu’tamad | 560 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. یا من له العزة و الوحدة و الجلال و العظمة فسبحانک و تعالیت لما اعلم ان لا سبیل لی بوصفک فاسئلک بحقک ان تصلی علی محمد و آل محمد ظهورات کینونیات اللاهوت و دلالات الملک و الملکوت | O Thou Who art possessed of Glory, Unity, Majesty and Grandeur! Glorified and exalted art Thou above that which I know, for I have no way to describe Thee. I beseech Thee, by Thy truth, to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Manifestations of the divine Essences and the Signs of sovereignty in both the visible and celestial realms [3.5s] | PR02.140v15-141r14 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00050 | Sahifiy-i-Mukhtasar-i-Sulayman Khan | 3500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی یهدی من یشاء و یضل من یشاء سبحانه و تعالی عما یشرکون یا الهی انت الذی ابدعت الموجودات لا من شیء بامرک | Praise be to God, Who guideth whom He willeth and leadeth astray whom He willeth. Glorified and exalted be He above all that they join unto Him. O my God! Thou art He Who hath brought all created things into being from nothingness by Thy command [3.5s] | MKI4499.026-031 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; God's love for His own Essence; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00137 | Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih (Epistle of Rida') | 1300 | Arabic | Autobibliography in the Writings of the Báb; Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih; Gate of the Heart | Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyyih | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی خلق الماء بسر الانشا و اقام العرش علی الماء بشان الامضا و انزل الایات من عالم العما | Praise be to God Who hath created the water by the mystery of construction, hath established the throne upon the water by the modality of execution | CMB_F28.6.1-2, , BYC_radawiya | MHA.141-142x, TZH3.290x, AHDA.473-474x fn2, OOL.A013 | BAPT.003-005x, MNP.057-058x, MNP.097-100, HURQ.BB21x, LOIR06.059ff, BLO_PT#012x, BLO_PT#034x | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1 | * | - | BRHL.68, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.449.2, AHDA.452.3, MMAH.046, MMAH.048, SRC.053-055, SRC.207, GOH.023, GOH.032, GOH.131, GOH.379fn35 | Includes the Khutbiy-i-Dhikriyyih as chapter 1. | ||
| BB00038 | Sahifiy-i-Vaviyyih | 5600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرب الفعال المختار. الحمد لله الذی یفصل بین الناس بالحق فیما هم فیه یختلفون هو الذی انزل الایات | Praise be to God, Who judgeth between men in truth concerning that wherein they differ. He it is Who hath sent down the verses [3.5s] | PR03.193r11-199r07 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00987 | Salat-i-Kabir (Long Obligatory Prayer) | 840 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Long Obligatory Prayer; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Obligatory prayer, Long | یا اله الاسماء و فاطر السماء اسئلک بمطالع غیبک العلی الابهی بان تجعل صلوتی | O Thou Who art the Lord of all names and the Maker of the heavens! I beseech Thee by them Who are the Day-Springs of Thine invisible Essence | PMP#183, AHM.070, TSBT.012x, NFQ.001, NFF1.003x, ABMK.001, OOL.B176c | PM#183, BPRY.007-016, BP1929.021x, BP1929.022x, BP1929.030x | The Friends in Bristol, Nabil and Karim, M. Perez, MANA, MANA, R. Peterson [track 1], S. Agbortoko & M. Weigert | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Law of obligatory prayer; Love of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ROB1.030, LL#230 | ||||
| BH09085 | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | 110 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Salat-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) | یا الهی هذا عبدک و ابن عبدک الذی آمن بک و بایاتک و توجه الیک منقطعا عن سواک | O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs | BRL_Mayyit, PMP#167, AVK4.203, AHM.214, BSHN.005, GHA.138x, TSBT.239, BSHA.077, OOL.B097a, OOL.B097b | PM#167, BPRY.035 | Prayer with six verses to be repeated nineteen times each, recited at graveside, and stated in the K … | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc. | 3a | * | * | LL#231 | |||
| BH11209 | Salat-i-Saghir (Short Obligatory Prayer) | 40 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Obligatory prayer, Short | اشهد یا الهی بانک خلقتنی لعرفانک و عبادتک و اشهد فی هذا الحین بعجزی و قوتک | I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. | PMP#181, AHM.084, TSBT.021, NFF1.009x, ABMK.008, MMJA.020, OOL.B176a | PM#181, BPRY.004, SW_v12#19 p.313, BSC.184 #265 | S. Sunderland, A.E. Rahbin, S. Akhavan, Rowshan [track 7] | Importance of prayer; Law of obligatory prayer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Twin duties of recognition and obedience; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | LL#230 | ||||
| BH03447 | Salat-i-Vusta (Medium Obligatory Prayer) | 260 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Obligatory prayer, Medium | الهی قو یدی لتأخذ کتابک باستقامة لا تمنعها جنود العالم ثم احفظها عن التصرف | Strengthen my hand, O my God, that it may take hold of Thy Book with such steadfastness | PMP#182, AHM.081, TSBT.019, NFF1.008x, ABMK.006, OOL.B176b | PM#182, BPRY.004-007, SW_v06#14 p.112, BP1929.017-019x | Law of obligatory prayer; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer | - | - | LL#230 | |||||
| BB00660 | Salavat-i-Hayakil-i-Tis’ati ‘Ashar | 2320 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم صل على هيکل الاول بکل بهائک ابهاه وکل جلالک اجله وکل جمالک اجمله وکل عظمتک اعظمها وکل نورک انوره وکل رحمتک اوسعها | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Shower Thy blessings upon the Primal Temple with all Thy most effulgent Glory, and all Thy most exalted Majesty, and all Thy most beauteous Beauty, and all Thy most supreme Grandeur, and all Thy most radiant Light, and all Thy most expansive Mercy [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.090-095 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11566 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #01 | 10 | Arabic | لا اله الا الله الملک الحق المبین عبده حسینعلی | No god but God, the sovereign, the truth, the resplendent. His servant Husayn-`Ali | KHSH04.016 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11565 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #02 | 10 | Arabic | لا اله الا الله الملک الحق المبین حسینعلی | No god but God, the sovereign, the truth, the resplendent. Husayn-`Ali | KHSH04.016 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11557 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #03 | 10 | Arabic | بهاء الله | Baha’u’llah | KHSH04.016, MHA.000ii, AMIN.017#1 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11562 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #04 | 10 | Arabic | دلیلی نفسی و برهانی امری و حجتی جمالی المنیر | My evidence is my self, my proof is my cause, and my testimony is my radiant beauty. | INBA84:179b, INBA84:107b, INBA84:047d | KHSH04.016, KHSH06.ii, MHA.000i, AMIN.017#5 | KSHK#19 | Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11552 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #05 | 10 | Arabic | السجن لله الواحد المختار | The prison belongs to God, the One the Unconstrained | KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#7 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11475 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #06 | 20 | Arabic | انه لبهاء الله لمن فیملکوت الامر و الخلق و مصباح الهدی لمن فی السموآت و الارض | He is the glory of God to those in the kingdom of command and creation and the lamp of guidance to those in the heavens and the earth. | INBA38:057c | KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#3 | KSHK#19 | Being a source of light; guidance; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11554 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #07 | 10 | Arabic | انا المظلوم المسجون الغریب الوحید | I am the wronged one, the imprisoned, the stranger, the alone. | KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#6 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11314 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #08 | 40 | Arabic | و لله ملکوت ملک البقاء آت و الروح یعز من یشاء بعزته و یذل من یرید بقدرته | To God belongs the dominion of the king of eternity. The spirit exalts whom it wills by its glory and abases whom it wills by its decree and gives what it wills to whomever it wills. | INBA51:308 | LHKM3.062b, KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#2 | KSHK#19 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11409 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #09 | 30 | Arabic | شهد الله لنفسه بنفسه باننی انا حی فی الافق الابهی و اذا ینطق فی هذا الافق فی کلشیئ بانی | Verily, God testified of Himself through His self that I am living in the most glorious horizon. Whereupon I announce to all things that verily I am God | INBA51:532a | KHSH04.016, ASAT3.169x, AMIN.017#4 | KSHK#19 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11509 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #10 | 20 | Arabic | قد اشرقت من افق القضاء شمس رقم علیها من القلم الابهی السجن لمطلع الایات الذی | From the horizon of the decree has dawned a sun on which the most glorious pen has inscribed: The prison belongs to the dawning-place of the verses | KHSH04.016, AMIN.017#8 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11372 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #11 | 35 | Arabic | یدعو ظاهری باطنی و باطنی ظاهری لیس فی الملک سوائی و انا الحق علام الغیوب | My inner and outer beings call to each other, saying: There is no king but me, the truth, the knower of things unseen. | KHSH04.016 | KSHK#19 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH11282 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #12 | 40 | Arabic | قد استقر جمال القدم علی العرش الاعظم اذا نطق لسان العظمه و الکبریا عند سدره | The ancient beauty has been established upon the most great throne. Whereupon the tongue of grandeur and majesty that belongs to the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing | INBA84:178a, INBA84:106a, INBA84:047a.03 | KHSH04.016-017, LMA2.471 | KSHK#19 | Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11561 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #13 | 10 | Arabic | حسین و علی | Husayn and `Ali | KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11563 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #14 | 10 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب | God bears witness that there is no god but Him, the powerful, the beloved. | KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11508 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #15 | 20 | Arabic | قد اشرقت انوار الوجه عن مشرق البقاء لا اله الا هو البهی الابهی | The lights of the countenance have shown forth from the dawning-place of eternity. No god is there but Him. Verily, He is the glorious, the most glorious. | INBA51:308b | LHKM3.063a, KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH11560 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #16 | 10 | Arabic | حسینعلی عبده الراجی حسینعلی | Husayn-`Ali, His hopeful servant, Husayn-`Ali | KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11555 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #17 | 10 | Arabic | اننی انا وجه الله الانور | Verily, I am the face of God, the most luminous. | KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BH11570 | Seal of Baha’u’llah #18 | 10 | Arabic | ینطق لسان الابهی فی ملکوت البدا الملک لله الفرد الواجد العلی الاعلی | The tongue of the most glorious proclaims in the kingdom of creation: Sovereignty belongs to God, the incomparable, the single, the exalted, the most exalted. | KHSH04.017 | KSHK#19 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00635 | Seal of the Báb | 10 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو العزیز المحبوب | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the Best-Beloved | CMB_F23.162v03-169v01 (56), , CMB_F25.4, | TZH3.068c, QISM.001 | KSHK.BWB | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00649 | Seal of the Báb | 10 | Arabic | اننی انا حجة الله و نوره | Verily, I am the proof of God and His light | CMB_F23.132v14-133v04 (33), , CMB_F25.4, | TZH3.068c, QISM.001 | KSHK.BWB | Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH01654 | Second Tablet to Faris | 530 | Arabic | قد حضر کتابک لدی الوجه و وجدنا منه عرف الحب و الوداد لذا نزل لک هذا اللوح | Thy letter hath come before Our Countenance, and from it We have inhaled the fragrance of love and affection; wherefore this Tablet hath been sent down unto thee [3.5s]... ...The Breath hath been wafted, and the Breeze hath blown, and from Zion hath appeared that which was hidden, and from Jerusalem is heard the Voice of God | INBA81:153, BLIB_Or11095#030, | BRL_DA#274, AVK3.121x, SFI16.038-039, ASAT4.432x, YIK.120-121 | GPB.211x, PDC.125x, PDC.165x2x, PDC.165-166x, PDC.167x, BSB7:3-4 p27x, HURQ.BH77 | Methods of teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Proclamation to Christians | - | - | LL#085 | ||||||
| BB00061 | Sharh-i-Du’a'-i-Sabah II | 2800 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره و یحکم بین الکل بالقسط فی یوم الذی فیه کل الی الله یحشرون | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and Who judgeth between all with justice on the Day whereon all shall be gathered unto God [3.5s]... ...Know thou that each letter thereof [the Morning Prayer of Imám ‘Alí] pertaineth to seven stations that were enjoined by the Imám to Jábir in reference to true recognition | INBA_4012C.096-109, , PR07.032r-036r, CMB_F21.143.06-155.14#26, , BYC_collect3.026-041 | GOH.117x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Knowledge; recognition of God; Seven stages of creation; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The state of prayer; dynamics of prayer; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.13, MMAH.020, SRC.098, SRC.199 | ||||||
| BB00165 | Sharh-i-Du’a’-i-Sabah I | 1200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع کل الذرات الموجودات بامره لا من شیء لتدلعن السن کل الممکنات | Praised be to God Who originated the essences of all the atoms of the realms of existence through His Logos-Command and not by means of anything other than Him | INBA14:400-409, INBA40:155-162, INBA53:411-419, INBA67:219-228, INBA_6010C:398-407, , PR02.179r08-181r20 | TZH3.027x | HURQ.BB39x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MMAH.020, SRC.079, SRC.193 | ||||||
| BB00366 | Sharh-i-Hadith-i-ma min fi’lin yaf’alahu’l-‘abd | 450 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون اما بعد قد اطلعت بما | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. To continue: I have perused that which [3.5s]... ...For, verily, when a thing is made mention of, it becometh invested with the station of existence, for it is impossible for the thing to exist except through the station of essence | INBA14:392-394, INBA40:162-164, INBA53:404-406, INBA_6010C:390-392, , CMB_F21.106.13-108.09#15, , Berlin3655.121v-122v | GOH.203x | Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Free will and predestination; fate; Law of cause and effect; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.079, SRC.194 | ||||||
| BH01447 | Subhana Rabbiya'l-A'la | 600 | Arabic | Subḥána Rabbíya'l-A'lá (Praise to the Exalted Lord) | یا حرف البقاء البس نعلی الانقطاع ثم ارکب علی الرفرف الاعلی فسبحان من خلق | Letter of eternity, put on the bridal trousseau of detachment and walk upon the exalted brocade runner; praised be my Lord, the most high. | INBA15:355, INBA19:029, INBA26:359, INBA36:462, INBA81:139, BLIB_Or15706.102, , BLIB_Or15714.017, , NLAI_BH1.229 | BRL_DA#250, GSH.061, ASAT3.092x, ASAT3.137x, ASAT4.021x, AKHA_124BE #02-03 p.hx, OOL.B100 | WIND#144, HURQ.BH19 | Celebrates, through a vision of the appearance and unveiling of the Maid of Heaven, the renewal of t … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcending the material condition | 1b | * | - | ROB1.211, MMAH.201, LL#287 | |||
| BB00016 | Summary of the Kitab-i-Asma' (= 19:19?) | 13700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاشهد ان فی ذلک الکتاب فی معرفة اسماء الله عز و جل علی عدد کل شیء حیث یعدل واحد فی واحد بالعدد | Bear thou witness that within that Book, concerning the knowledge of the names of God, exalted and glorified be He, there is inscribed a number corresponding to all things, wherein each one is equated with one in number [3.5s] | MKI4491.316-341, | - | - | ||||||||||
| BH00952 | Suratu'l-Kifaya | 860 | Arabic | ان یا اهل الهاء استمعوا تغنی ورقه الحمراء فی جو العماء بانه هو النور هیکل | O people of Ha! Hearken unto the melody of the Crimson Leaf in the Paradise of the Divine Cloud, for He, verily, is the Light of the Radiant Temple | INBA36:277 | HURQ.BH03 | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The cloud ['ama]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#315 | |||||||
| BH00845 | Suratu'llah | 970 | Arabic | Surah of God | Súratu'lláh (Surah of God) | ان یا علی بعد نبیل اسمع ندآء ربک حین الذی یرید ان یخرج عن بینکم بما اکتسبت | O Muhammad-`Ali, hearken to this proclamation from thy Lord, at a time when He desireth to depart out from among ye by reason of what the hands of the oppressors have wrought | BLIB_Or15723.162, , BLIB_Or15737.001, | AQA4#076 p.068, AQA4a.016, ASAT2.111x, OOL.B102 | BLO_PT#091, HURQ.BH25 | Declares the divinity of His station, rebukes the followers of the Báb for plotting against Him, an … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB1.245, MMAH.153, GSH.060, LL#316 | ||
| BH00248 | Suriy-i-'Ibad | 2520 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Suriy-i-Ibad (Tablet of the Servants) | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل له عابدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و انا کل | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all are His worshippers. God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and verily all [3.5s]... ...Contemplate with thine inward eye the chain of successive Revelations that hath linked the Manifestation of Adam | INBA47:077x, BLIB_Or15723.050, , BLIB_Or15738.006, , NLAI_BH1.312 | BRL_DA#005x, GWBP#031 p.055bx, AQA4#073 p.023, AQA4a.244, ASAT4.307x, OOL.B124 | BRL_APBH#12x, GWB#031x, GPB.151x5x, HURQ.BH31 | S. Jaberi | Declares the continuity of Bahá’u’lláh’s prophetic claim with the ‘chain of successive Rev … | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Exhortations and counsels; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | * | - | ROB2.272, MMAH.154, GSH.112, LL#309 | |
| BH00610 | Suriy-i-A'rab | 1250 | Arabic | Surah of the Arabs | Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs) | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من سماء عز بدیع و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و برهانا | These are the verses of God which have been sent down from the heaven of wondrous glory, and which God has made to be a proof and testament from Him unto the worlds | INBA37:081, BLIB_Or15723.224, , BLIB_Or15725.045, , BLIB_Or15737.064, | BRL_DA#705, AQA4#085 p.215, AQA4a.061, MUH3.267-268x, OOL.B106 | BLO_PT#093, JHT_B#004 | Addresses words of praise and encouragement to the Arabs among His followers, inviting them to remem … | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Proclamation of the Cause (general or uncategorized); Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | MMAH.224, MMAH.237, GSH.204, LL#292 | ||
| BH00155 | Suriy-i-Ahzan | 3410 | Arabic | Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán); Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows) | ان یا سیاح الاحدیه سبح فی قلزم الکبریاء الذی ظهر باسمی الابهی و جرت علیه سفن | O thou who art the pilgrim of Divine Oneness! Swim thou in the ocean of grandeur which hath been manifested through My Most Glorious Name, whereon sail the barques [3.5s]... ...Would that thou wert standing at this moment before the Throne and couldst hear how the melodies of eternity | INBA37:085, BLIB_Or15694.494, , BLIB_Or15723.212, , BLIB_Or15737.052, , NLAI_BH2.125, NLAI_BH2.265, ALIB.folder18p034-047 | BRL_DA#733, AQA4#086 p.221, AQA4a.075, ASAT5.351x, OOL.B103, AMB#39x | DOR#39x, LTDT.080x, BLO_PT#092 | Expatiates on the sorrows experienced by Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb, taking in part the form of … | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, MMAH.155, GSH.114, LL#289 | ||
| BH01343 | Suriy-i-Amin | 640 | Arabic | Súriy-i-Amín (Tablet to Amín) | هذا کتاب من لدی الله المهیمن القیوم الی الذی منه ظهرت الاستقامه الکبری فی | This is a Book from God, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting, unto him through whom was manifested the Most Great Steadfastness [3.5s] | INBA34:123, BLIB_Or15707.030, , BLIB_Or15735.202, , LEID.Or4970 item 11, | AQA1#013, AQA4#094 p.320, ASAT1.201x, ASAT2.035x, ASAT4.459x, DLH2.187x, HYK.202, OOL.B104 | Praises the recipient for his steadfastness; calls the followers of the Qur’an to hear ‘the voic … | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | 3a | * | - | MMAH.157, GSH.200, LL#290 | ||||
| BH00084 | Suriy-i-Amr | 4760 | Arabic | Suriy-i-Amr (Surih of Command) | سبحان الذی خلق الخلق بأمره و ابدع خلق کلشیء اقرب من ان یحصی ان انتم تعلمون | Glorified be He Who hath created all beings through His command and brought forth the creation of all things in ways beyond reckoning, were ye to comprehend [3.5s] | INBA36:001, INBA71:155, INBA81:108, BLIB_Or07852.093, , BLIB_Or15723.109, , PR19.069b-072bx, PR23.060b-063bx, ROB2.000x | BRL_DA#725, NANU_BH#17x, RSBB.026, RSBB.030, RSBB.033, SFI13.019, ASAT4.303x, ASAT4.326x, YIA.549-553x, OOL.B105 | Major proclamatory work formalizing Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to divine messengership, read aloud … | Chastisement and requital; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB2.161, BKOG.230, MMAH.141, GSH.073, LL#291 | ||||
| BH00076 | Suriy-i-Ashab (=Lawh-i-Habib) | 4960 | Arabic | Surah of the Companions | Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One) | ح ب اسمع ندآء الله عن جهه العرش بایات مهیمن مقدم عظیم لعل تقلب بکلک الی | H.B. Give ear unto the divine summons from the precincts of the Throne, as We recite to thee the verses of God | INBA83:027b, BLIB_Or15723.031b, | AQA4#072b p.001, AQA4a.205, TZH4.354-360, MAS4.355ax, ASAT3.071x, OOL.B039, OOL.B107 | WOB.108-109x, BLO_PT#094, HURQ.BH32 | Proclamatory work playing a major role in the conversion of the followers of the Báb to the cause o … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2a | * | - | ROB2.065, MMAH.151, GSH.075, LL#095, LL#293 | ||
| BH00144 | Suriy-i-Bayan | 3580 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Suriy-i-Bayan (Tablet of Utterance) | ذکر اسم ربک عبده اذ دخل بقعه الفردوس مقر الذی استشرقت علیه انوار الوجه عن مشرق | The remembrance of the name of thy Lord by His servant, when he entered the Garden of Paradise, the seat whereupon shone forth the lights of the Face from the Dayspring [3.5s]... ...Say: Doth it beseem a man while claiming to be a follower of his Lord, the All-Merciful, he should yet in his heart do the very deeds of the Evil One? | INBA37:007, INBA83:203, BLIB_Or15702.254, , BLIB_Or15723.228, , BLIB_Or15737.069, , NLAI_BH2.280, Berlin1237#10, ALIB.folder18p001-018, Majlis934.115.09-125.01x | BRL_DA#736, GWBP#128 p.176x, GWBP#129 p.179x, GWBP#145 p.202ax, AQA4#080 p.108, AQA4a.392, AVK3.095.13x, AVK3.147.08x, AVK3.260.06x, GHA.428x, ASAT2.106x, PYK.032x, YFY.060x, OOL.B109 | GWB#128x, GWB#129x, GWB#145x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.034x, TDH#037.1x, GPB.170x, GPB.376-377x, GPB.404x, MBW.038x, BSTW#037x, HURQ.BH39 | D. E. Walker, MANA (1), MANA (2), C. Signori | Charges the recipient to teach the Cause of God in a state of detachment from the world and enkindle … | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Exhortations and counsels; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | 2b | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.198, LL#295 | |
| BH01057 | Suriy-i-Burhan (not = Lawh-i-Burhan) | 790 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و ان هذا الغلام لبرهانه لمن فی السموات و الارض و سلطانه | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, and that this Youth is His proof unto all who are in the heavens and on the earth, and His sovereign authority [3.5s] | INBA83:150, BLIB_Or15702.132, , BLIB_Or15737.134, , ALIB.folder18p272 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00358 | Suriy-i-Dam | 1850 | Arabic | Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm); Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood) | ان یا محمد اسمع ندآء ربک عن هذا المقام الذی لن یصل الله ایدی الممکنات و لا | O Muhammad! Hearken unto the call of thy Lord from this Station whereunto the hands of all created things cannot attain [3.5s]... ...Adorn thyself with My virtues, in such wise that should anyone stretch forth the hand of oppression against thee, thou wouldst neither take notice nor contend with him. | INBA83:066, BLIB_Or15723.156, | BRL_DA#157, GWBP#039 p.064x, AQA4#075 p.059, AQA4a.001, TZH4.360-366, ASAT4.167x, ASAT5.200x, ASAT5.226x, OOL.B111 | BRL_ATBH#61x, GWB#039x, WOB.118-119x, WOB.139x, BLO_PT#109, HURQ.BH42 | Proclamatory work declaring the oneness of the Prophets through a vision of the words of the dying I … | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 1b | * | - | ROB2.236, MMAH.223, GSH.081, LL#296 | Sometimes spelled as Súriy-i-Damm. | |
| BH02858 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 2 | 310 | Arabic | Translation List | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | ذ ب قد ارسل الیک من یمن السبحان ما نزل لک من سماء رحمه ربک و منه تفوح رایحه | Unto thee hath been sent, from the right hand of the All-Glorious, what was revealed for thee from the heaven of the clemency of thy Lord | INBA34:197, NLAI_BH2.363 | AQA1#060, AVK4.257.11x, ASAT3.010x, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B112.2 | ADMS#243 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Predictions and prophecies; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | * | - | |||||
| BH07865 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 3 | 130 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | هذا کتاب من الله الی التی آمنت بربها و کانت من القانتات ان لاتعبدی الا الله… تالله لو لم یکن مخالفًا بما نزل فی الألواح لقبّلتُ ید الّذی یسفک دمی | This is a Book from God unto her who hath believed in her Lord and was numbered among the devoutly obedient women, that she worship none save God [3.5s]... ...God is my witness! Had it not been in conflict with that which the Tablets of God have decreed, I would have gladly kissed the hands of whosoever attempted to shed my blood | BLIB_Or15725.329a, | BRL_DA#566, GWBP#048 p.073ax, OOL.B112.3x | GWB#048x | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Power of prayer; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | * | - | LL#408 | ||||
| BH01591 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 4 | 550 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | قلم الامر یقول الملک یومئذ لله لسان القدره یقول السلطنه یومئذ لله ورقاء العماء علی | The Pen of Revelation exclaimeth: “On this Day the Kingdom is God’s!” The Tongue of Power is calling: “On this Day all sovereignty is, in very deed, with God!” | INBA83:270, BLIB_Or15725.561, , NLAI_BH1.445 | BRL_DA#543, GWBP#015 p.031x, OOL.B112.4x | GWB#015x, GPB.155x | Call to action; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#385 | ||||
| BH11250 | Suriy-i-Dhabih 5 | 160 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Suriy-i-Dhabih (Tablets to Dhabih) | ان یا غلام اسمع ندآء هذا الغلام عن جهة العرش لیجذبک ندآء الرّحمن الی رضوانه | O servant! Hearken unto the call of this Youth from the precincts of the Throne, that the melody of the All-Merciful may draw thee to His paradise [3.5s]... ...Know verily that whenever this Youth turneth His eyes towards His own self, he findeth it the most insignificant of all creation. | BRL_DA#668, GWBP#049 p.073bx, OOL.B112.5x | GWB#049x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | * | - | LL#454 | |||||
| BH00434 | Suriy-i-Dhibh | 1620 | Arabic | Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh) | Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice) | اقر لله علی عرش العظمه و الجلال بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن | God hath proclaimed from the throne of grandeur and splendor, "I, verily, am the Lord God, and there is no other god beside Me | INBA18:001, INBA37:003, BLIB_Or15723.188, , BLIB_Or15737.027, | AQA4#079 p.100, AQA4a.029, AVK3.467.01x, MAS4.139ax, ASAT3.267x, OOL.B113 | BLO_PT#096 | Exhorts the recipient to look into the truth of the Cause of God with his own eyes and declares that … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | MMAH.222, GSH.113, LL#298 | ||
| BH00297 | Suriy-i-Dhikr | 2160 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Dhikr (Surih of Remembrance) | هذا کتاب نقطه الاولی الی الذینهم آمنوا بالله الواحد الفرد العزیز العلیم و فیه یخاطب | This is the Súrih of Remembrance, sent down as a token of grace, that perchance the people of the Bayán might renounce that which they possess | INBA47:001, INBA37:097, BLIB_Or15725.176, , NLAI_BH2.343 | BRL_DA#732, AQA4#087 p.236, AQA4a.108, ASAT3.279x, OOL.B114, AMB#38x | DOR#38x, GPB.137x, HURQ.BH24 | Speaking in the voice of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh declares His mystical identity with the Báb (o … | Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Personal instructions; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | 2c | * | - | MMAH.160, GSH.059, LL#299 | ||
| BH00343 | Suriy-i-Fadl | 1920 | Arabic | Suriy-i-Fadl | ان یا ذبیح انا ارسلنا الیک من قبل لوحا ممتنعا منیع و فیه ذکر ما جعله الله حجه علی من فی | O Dhabih! We did verily send unto thee aforetime a Tablet, mighty and impregnable, wherein was inscribed that which God hath made a testimony unto all who dwell therein [3.5s]... ...Say: By God! The Sovereign of Words hath assuredly come upon the clouds of the verses, and lo, the words of every contentious polytheist were thunderstruck | INBA83:247, BLIB_Or15725.537, , BLIB_Or15737.173, , ALIB.folder18p081-088 | OOL.B115 | SHHB.135x | Exhorts the recipient to be bold in conveying Bahá’u’lláh’s claim to the followers of the B� … | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Idolatry; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | LL#300 | |||
| BH00376 | Suriy-i-Fath | 1790 | Arabic | ان یا فتح الاعظم قد اخذت القلم لننزل علیک ما یسرک و یحدث فی قلبک ما یجذبک الی | O Fatḥ al-A`zam! I took firm hold of the Pen that there might be revealed for thee what will gladden thee and generate within thy heart | INBA18:249, BLIB_Or15694.355, , ALIB.folder18p075-081 | ANDA#79 p.45x, OOL.B116a | HURQ.BH35x | Addresses an intimate early follower, expressing His weariness at the inane questions and vain objec … | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Suffering and imprisonment | 2c | * | - | LL#301 | ||||
| BH01494 | Suriy-i-Fu'ad (=Lawh-i-Fu'ad) | 580 | Arabic | Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha) | ک ظ نادیناک عن وراء قلزم الکبریا علی الارض الحمرا من افق البلا انه لا اله | Káf. Ẓá’. We call unto thee from beyond the sea of grandeur, upon the crimson land, above the horizon of tribulation. | INBA34:128, BLIB_Or15707.040, , BLIB_Or15735.210, | NRJ#4, AQA1#015, AYBY.023b, MAS4.246x, RHQM1.592-594 (723) (444-445), ASAM.261-262, SAM.292, DLH2.186x, HYK.210, OOL.B117 | SLH#04, GPB.208-209x, PDC.100x, BLO_PT#172 | Details the divine justice that was meted out to the recently deceased Ottoman Prime Minister in con … | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | 3a | * | * | ROB3.087 et al, MMAH.225, GSH.192, LL#088, LL#302 | ||
| BH00939 | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | 870 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) | اتی امر الله علی ظلل من البیان و المشرکون یومئذ فی عذاب عظیم قد نزلت جنود الوحی | The Cause of God hath come down upon the clouds of utterance, while they that have joined partners with Him are afflicted with a sore torment | INBA83:144ax, BLIB_Or03114.089r, , BLIB_Or15702.108, , ALIB.folder18p221 | AQA4#098 p.331, AQA4a.424, AYT.360, HDQI.002, SFI08.012, MAS4.115, HHA.058x, RHQM1.596-600 (728) (447-449), AHDW.005, AHB_128BE #06-11 p.194x, ANDA#03 p.08-09, OOL.B118, AMB#29 | DOR#29, GPB.177x, GPB.242x, WOB.135x, SW_v03#14 p.015, BLO_PT#125, BSC.255 #528-531 | Announces the high station of Bahá’u’lláh’s son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, titled Ghuṣn-i-A‘ẓa … | Condition of search; Methods of teaching the Cause; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | * | ROB2.388, BKOG.250, EBTB.052, GSH.107, LL#303 | ||
| BH00058 | Suriy-i-Hajj I (Shiraz) | 5550 | Arabic | Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj) | Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb) | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت حینئذ عن قطب البقاء مقام الذی یطوفن فی حوله اهل سرادق | These are the verses of God which have been sent down in this hour from the Focal Point of eternity, that Station round which circle the dwellers of the pavilion [3.5s]... ...O Muhammad, when the fragrances of holiness have drawn thee unto them and turned thee unto the land of the All-Merciful that thou mayest discover the breezes of divine praise | INBA73:005, INBA83:049, BLIB_Or15723.168, , BLIB_Or15737.006, | AQA4#078 p.075, AVK4.120, GHA.039x, GHA.069ax, TSBT.093x, RHQM2.0809-834 (222) (137-151), ASAT2.113x, ASAT4.426x, ASAT5.029x, OOL.B119 | RBB.154-162x, BLO_PT#118x, HURQ.BH53, GEN.371-380 | Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz, codified later in the Kitáb-i … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2b | * | - | ROB2.240, BKOG.250, MMAH.152, GSH.082, LL#304 | ||
| BH00071 | Suriy-i-Hajj II (Baghdad) | 5070 | Arabic | Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj) | Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق و ینزل بامره کیف یشاء لا اله الا هو العزیز | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth and doth send down through His command whatsoever He willeth. There is no God but Him, the Mighty [3.5s]... ...I beg Thy forgiveness, O Lord, with the entirety of my being—my tongue, my heart, my breath, my soul, my spirit, my body... It is incumbent on whomsoever desireth to turn to the most holy direction, to come into the presence of God, the Mighty, the Knowing, to hearken unto the call of God | INBA37:066, INBA66:012, BLIB_Or15723.194, , BLIB_Or15737.033, | BRL_DA#166, AQA4#084 p.192, ADM2#107 p.193x, AVK4.109, GHA.070x, DRD.009x, TSBT.077x, ASAT1.094x, ASAT2.109x, ASAT4.022x, ADH1.082x, OOL.B120 | RBB.163-168x, BLO_PT#117x, HURQ.BH54, JHT_S#193x | Prescribes the rite of pilgrimage to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad, codified later in th … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Inability of the Manifestation; Prophet to comprehend God; Law of pilgrimage; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | 2b | * | - | ROB2.240, MMAH.152, GSH.083, LL#305 | ||
| BH00007 | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | 20670 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple) | سبحان الذی نزل الایات لقوم یفقهون سبحان الذی ینزل الایات لقوم یشعرون سبحان | Glorified is He Who hath revealed His verses to those who understand. Glorified is He Who sendeth down His verses to those who perceive. | INBA34:001, BLIB_Or15705.001, , BLIB_Or15735.002, , IOM.099 | NRJ#1, AQA1#001, AQA4#090 p.268, HYK.002, YMM.153x, OOL.B121 | SLH#01, COC#0301x, COC#1648x, ADJ.080-081x, ADJ.085ax, ADJ.085x, COF.101bx, GPB.099x2x, GPB.101x3x, GPB.101-102x, GPB.102x, GPB.106x, GPB.143x, GPB.173x2x, GPB.174x, GPB.186x, GPB.206x4x, GPB.207x11x, GPB.207-208x, GPB.208x2x, GPB.209x6x, GPB.210x2x, GPB.211x, GPB.226x, GPB.227x3x, GPB.245x, GPB.331x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.042-043x, PDC.046x, PDC.046-047x, PDC.047x2x, PDC.047-048x, PDC.048x, PDC.048-049x, PDC.049x2x, PDC.049-050x, PDC.050x4x, PDC.050-051x, PDC.051x3x, PDC.051-052x, PDC.052x2x, PDC.052-053x, PDC.053x, PDC.054x, PDC.055x2x, PDC.055-057x, PDC.057x, PDC.057-058x, PDC.065-067x, PDC.067x2x, PDC.067-068x, PDC.068x3x, PDC.073x, PDC.075x, PDC.078x, PDC.081x3x, PDC.085x6x, PDC.090x3x, PDC.106-107x, PDC.107x, PDC.119x, PDC.136-137x, PDC.138x, PDC.144-145x, PDC.161-162x, PDC.166x, PDC.168-169x, PDC.169x, PDC.173-174x, PDC.181-182x, PDC.196x, WOB.104x, WOB.107x, WOB.108x, WOB.109x3x, WOB.109-110x, WOB.110x, WOB.117x, WOB.138x, WOB.163x, WOB.169x, WOB.192x, WOB.192x, BLO_PT#140, BSC.209 #392-434 | G. Major and T. Sutton, L. Manifold and P. Weber | The centrepiece of His proclamatory works, originally written in Edirne and recast in ‘Akká, in w … | Banishment to; life in 'Akka; Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Growth of the Cause; High station of the true believer; Holy war [jihad]; violence in the name of God; Imam Husayn; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Justice and wrath of God; Lack of formal education of the Manifestation of God; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Names and attributes of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Thankfulness; gratitude; The concourse on high; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The ephemeral and the eternal; The power of example; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | 3a | * | * | ROB3.133, JRAS.292-309, MMAH.179, GSH.131, LL#306 | Epistles to the kings and rulers included in the composite Suriy-i-Haykal have their own catalog entries. |
| BH00682 | Suriy-i-Hifz | 1130 | Arabic | هذا کتاب یذکر فیه ما الهمنی الروح و انه لتنزیل من الله و آیه ذکره للذینهم اقروا بالله و | This is a Book wherein is recorded that which the Spirit hath inspired within Me, and verily it is a revelation from God and a token of His remembrance unto them that have acknowledged God [3.5s] | INBA83:139, BLIB_Or03114.047r, , BLIB_Or15702.090, , BLIB_Or15737.129, , ALIB.folder18p152-162 | OOL.B122 | Discusses Bahá’u’lláh’s opposition from Mírzá Yaḥyá and the latter’s intention to hav … | Call to action; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | 3a | * | - | LL#307 | |||||
| BH01774 | Suriy-i-Hijr | 500 | Arabic | فسبحان الذی خرق حجبات الممکنات بسلطانه و خلق السموات بامره و انزل من مکفهرات | Glorified be He Who hath rent asunder the veils of all contingent beings through His sovereignty, and hath fashioned the heavens by His command, and hath caused to descend from the darkening clouds [3.5s] | INBA37:001, BLIB_Or15723.166, , BLIB_Or15737.004, | AQA4#077 p.072, AQA4a.024, ASAT5.262x, OOL.B123 | Announces His withdrawal from the community and His sorrow at the state of affairs that made this ac … | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Personal instructions; Proclamation to the people of the world; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB2.397, GSH.188, LL#308 | |||||
| BH00367 | Suriy-i-Husayn | 1830 | Arabic | شهد الله انه لا اله الا انا الذاکر المهیمن العزیز القدیر و اشهد بانی انا | God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him, the Rememberer, the All-Subduing, the Mighty, the Powerful, and I do testify that verily I am [3.5s] | INBA83:043, BLIB_Or15738.174, , Berlin1237#05 | YMM.470x | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Suffering and imprisonment; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BH00994 | Suriy-i-Ism | 830 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Suriy-i-Ism (Surah of the Name) | ان یا اسمی اسمع ندآء الله عن مطلع کل اللسان بانی انا الله ربک و رب کل شیء و | O My Name! Hearken unto the Call of God from the Dawning-Place of every tongue: "Verily, I am God, thy Lord and the Lord of all things." [3.5s]... ...Say: Deliver your souls, O people, from the bondage of self, and purify them from all attachment to anything besides Me… Intone, O My servant, the verses of God | INBA83:124, BLIB_Or15702.051, , ALIB.folder18p214 | BRL_DA#721, GWBP#136 p.189x, AVK2.168.20x, MAS4.026ax, MAS4.045x, MAS8.120bx, ASAT1.242x, ASAT4.156x, PYK.018, OOL.B125 | GWB#136x, ADJ.025x, ADJ.031x, ADJ.032x, BLO_sazedj#12x, HURQ.BH37 | MJ Cyr, L. Slott, Seals & Crofts, MANA, Soulrise Melodies, Soulrise Melodies, L. Dely & M. Congo, K. Key, Sheyda Peyman, Ina Nes | Calls the recipient to cast all names and designations behind him and announce the joyful tidings; s … | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Honesty; truthfulness; trustworthiness; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | 2c | * | - | LL#143, LL#310 | BLO note: See also loom.loomofreality.org (provisional translation of a passage) |
| BH00532 | Suriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil | 1410 | Arabic | هذا کتاب من لدی البهاء الی من اقر بالله و اعترف بسلطانه ثم استقر علی مقر قدس رفیع | This is the Book from the presence of Bahá unto him who hath acknowledged God and recognized His sovereignty, and hath moreover attained unto a seat of celestial sanctity [3.5s]... ...Among them is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty | INBA37:133, INBA83:118, BLIB_Or15702.037, , BLIB_Or15723.253, , BLIB_Or15737.097, , ALIB.folder18p142-147 | BRL_DA#731, AQA4#092 p.311, OOL.B126 | PDC.111-112x | A meditation on the name of God, ‘the Sender’, and its various present and future manifestations … | Categories of Prophets (major; minor; village); Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | GSH.201, LL#311 | ||||
| BH01725 | Suriy-i-Javad | 510 | Arabic | ذکر اسم ربک عبده جواد الذی آمن و هدی و استقر علی الامر فی یوم الذی زلت فیه اقدام | Make mention of the Name of thy Lord, His servant Jawad, who came to faith and was one guided aright. And he was one established in His Cause on the Day | INBA83:123, BLIB_Or03114.033, , BLIB_Or15702.047, , BLIB_Or15737.114, , ALIB.folder18p318 | OOL.B127 | HURQ.BH40 | Recalls the idol worshippers of ages past and condemns their blind imitation, equates their words an … | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Idolatry; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | |||||
| BH00503 | Suriy-i-Khitab | 1470 | Arabic | ذکر الله علی هیئه النار فی هیکل النور من سدره الانسان باذن الرحمن قد کان فی قطب | The Remembrance of God in the form of Fire, in the Temple of Light, from the Lote-Tree of Man, hath, in very truth, been made manifest with the permission of the All-Merciful | INBA83:154, BLIB_Or15702.144, , BLIB_Or15737.137, | BRL_DA#108, OOL.B128 | HURQ.BH36 | Praises the recipient for recognizing Bahá’u’lláh after failing to do so in an earlier meeting … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | LL#314 | ||||
| BH00922 | Suriy-i-Ma'ani | 890 | Arabic | سبحان الذی یسبح له کل من فی السموات و الارض و انه کان علی کل شیء محیطا | Praised be He who offereth glory before Him; all, that is, whether they be in the heavens or upon the earth. He indeed hath ever been All-Encompassing of everything | INBA83:136, BLIB_Or03114.044r, , BLIB_Or15702.082, , BLIB_Or15737.126, , NLAI_BH2.118, ALIB.folder18p219 | OOL.B129 | HURQ.BH33 | Praises God and His Messengers, who receive divine inspiration in various ways; declares as a matter … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2c | * | - | LL#317 | ||||
| BH01854 | Suriy-i-Man' | 480 | Arabic | هذا کتاب ینطق بالحق و یذکر فیه عبد من عبادنا لیشکر الله رب و یکون من الشاکرین | This is a Book in which He, in very Truth, crieth out and maketh mention of one among Our servants to the end that he render thanks unto God, his Lord, and be numbered among the especially thankful | INBA83:148, BLIB_Or15702.128, , ALIB.folder18p319 | BRL_DA#320 | HURQ.BH41 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Personal instructions; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment | * | - | LL#318 | ||||||
| BH00021 | Suriy-i-Muluk | 8150 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings) | هذا کتاب من هذا العبد الذی سمی بالحسین فی ملکوت الاسما الی ملوک الارض کله | This is a Tablet from this Servant, who is called Ḥusayn in the kingdom of names, to the concourse of the kings of the earth. | INBA71:123, BLIB_Or15723.001, , IOM.098-099, PR11.043b-064a, PR19.048a-061b, PR23.016a-029b | NRJ#5, GWBP#065 p.086x, GWBP#066 p.087x, GWBP#113 p.143x, GWBP#114 p.150x, GWBP#116 p.158x, GWBP#118 p.160x, RSBB.040, TZH4.328-353, BCH.008x, PYB#129 p.03x, OOL.B131, AMB#36x | SLH#05, GWB#065x, GWB#066x, GWB#113x, GWB#114x, GWB#116x, GWB#118x, DOR#36x, LOG#1615x, COF.138-139x, GPB.161x4x, GPB.171x, GPB.172x7x, GPB.175x4x, GPB.210x, GPB.230x2x, PDC.007x, PDC.020x, PDC.027-028x, PDC.033-034x, PDC.034x, PDC.034-035x, PDC.035x2x, PDC.035-038x, PDC.038-039x, PDC.043-044x, PDC.060x, PDC.060-062x, PDC.062x, PDC.062-063x, PDC.063-064x, PDC.098x4x, PDC.098-099x, PDC.114-115x, PDC.143x, PDC.146-147x, PDC.182x, WOB.108x, WOB.174x, WOB.177x3x, WOB.177-178x, WOB.178x | E. Mahony | His most momentous proclamatory work, though not yet divulging the totality of His messianic claim, … | Chastisement and requital; Justice and wrath of God; Justice ['adl]; social justice and divine justice; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to divines; to religious leaders; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | 2b | * | - | ROB2.301 et al, BKOG.207, BKOG.213, BKOG.330, GPB.171, MMAH.158, GSH.090, LL#319 | |
| BH00031 | Suriy-i-Nush | 7310 | Arabic | Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h); Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel) | فسبحان الذی نزل الایات بالحق علی النبیین و المرسلین و ینزل حینئذ علی ما کان | Glorified be He Who hath sent down the verses in truth unto the Prophets and Messengers, and Who doth now send down what hath ever been [3.5s]... ...Announce unto My servants the advent of the One Who came unto them with the power of truth bearing the name of ‘Alí | INBA47:171, INBA36:242, INBA73:181.09x, INBA83:001, PR19.034b-048b | BRL_DA#727, AVK2.228.08x, TZH4.200-202x, LMA1.350 (209), MAS4.135x, ASAT3.024x, YMM.152x, OOL.B133, AMB#35x | DOR#35x, GPB.141x6x, BLO_PT#097, NYR#145x | A lengthy work recounting the stories of the prophets of God and their rejection by the people and c … | Corruption and renewal; abandoning religious dogmas; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Noah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Stories; anecdotes; Suffering and imprisonment | 1b | * | - | ROB1.137, MMAH.207, LL#321 | ||
| BH00348 | Suriy-i-Qada | 1900 | Arabic | ان یا علی اسمع ندآء الله ربک عن یمین العرش بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم | O `Ali! Hearken ye unto the Call of God, thy Lord, from the right-hand side of the Divine Throne, proclaiming "I, verily, I am God, no God is there except I Myself | INBA83:184, BLIB_Or03114.015r, , BLIB_Or15702.218, , ALIB.folder18p088-096 | BRL_DA#555, FBAH.099x | HURQ.BH46x | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||
| BH01132 | Suriy-i-Qadir | 740 | Arabic | Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-Qadir) | Súriy-i-Qadír (Surah of the Almighty) | سبحان الذی قدر مقادیر کل شیء فی الواح عز محفوظا و خلق کل شیء علی شان لو یصفن | Praise be unto him, who foreordained for each thing its portion in mighty, preserved Tablets. He created all things in such a manner that, were they to purify themselves | INBA37:138, INBA83:115, BLIB_Or15702.032, , BLIB_Or15723.250, , BLIB_Or15737.094, , ALIB.folder18p211 | AQA4#093 p.317, AQA4a.373, GSH.051, OOL.B134 | WIND#157, HURQ.BH44 | A meditation on the name of God ‘the Omnipotent’ and its pervasive influence in the world accord … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Predictions and prophecies; Pride; vanity; laying claim to inner knowledge; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | 2b | * | - | ROB1.119, MMAH.083, LL#322 | ||
| BH00127 | Suriy-i-Qahir | 3810 | Arabic | Suriy-i-Qahir (Tablet to Qahir) | هذا کتاب من لدن نقطه الاولی الی الذی آمن بالله و آیاته و دخل بقعه الروح مقر الذی | This is the Book from the Primal Point unto him who hath believed in God and His verses, and hath entered the sacred precincts of the Spirit, the dwelling-place of Him Who [3.5s]... ...I am not apprehensive for My own self. My fears are for Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me | BLIB_Or15694.471, , Berlin1237#11, ALIB.folder18p018-034 | BRL_DA#542, OOL.B135 | WOB.117x | Affirms Bahá’u’lláh’s mystical identity with the Báb; answers a number of specific objectio … | Chastisement and requital; Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Modes; manner; speed; size of divine revelation; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment | 2c | * | - | LL#323 | |||
| BH00334 | Suriy-i-Qalam | 1970 | Arabic | Days of Remembrance | Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen) | ان یا قلم الاعلی ان اشهد فی نفسک بانه هو الله لا اله الا انا المهیمن القیوم | O Pen of the Most High! Bear thou witness, in thine own self, that verily He is God and that there is none other God but Me | INBA37:115, BLIB_Or15692.012, , BLIB_Or15706.001, , BLIB_Or15714.049, , BLIB_Or15725.239, , NLAI_BH1.083, NLAI_BH2.204 | AQA4#089 p.258, SFI14.036-045n, TZH4.268-270, TSBT.124, ASAT1.111x, ASAT3.015x, ASAT3.136x, ASAT4.508x, OOL.B136, AMB#23 | DOR#23, BLO_PT#095, HURQ.BH47 | A celebration of the festival of Riḍván, taking the form of a series of apostrophes to His Pen, t … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Monasticism; asceticism; Proclamation to Christians; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God the cause of creation | 2c | * | * | ROB2.397, SFI14.036-045, MMAH.159, GSH.192, LL#324 | ||
| BH00052 | Suriy-i-Qamis | 5750 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh | Súriy-i-Qamís (Surah of the Robe) | ان یا اهل البقا فی الملا الاعلی اسمعوا ندآء الله عن هذا النسیم المتحرک فی هذا الهواء | O ye dwellers in the immortal realm on high! Hearken unto the Call of God from this stirring Breeze that moveth in this atmosphere [3.5s]... ...By the righteousness of God! These are the days in which God hath proved the hearts of the entire company of His Messengers and Prophets | BLIB_Or15723.059, , NLAI_BH1.356 | BRL_DA#724, GWBP#008 p.015bx, AQA4#074 p.034, AQA4a.320, ASAT3.281x, OOL.B137 | GWB#008x, ADJ.057x, ADJ.079x, GPB.003x, GPB.099x, GPB.377x, PDC.015x, HURQ.BH34 | Proclamatory tablet taking in part the form of a conversation between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh … | Manifestation of God as sun; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | ROB2.397, BKOG.246?, MMAH.150, GSH.049, LL#325 | ||
| BH00260 | Suriy-i-Ra'is | 2450 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Summons of the Lord of Hosts; Bahá'í Sacred Writings; Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul | Suriy-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha) | ان یا رئیس اسمع ندآء الله الملک المهیمن القیوم انه ینادی بین الارض و السماء | Hearken, O Chief, to the voice of God, the Sovereign, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. He, verily, calleth aloud between heaven and earth | INBA47:147, INBA34:081, BLIB_Or15735.129, , NLAI_BH2.354, Berlin1237#28, PR11.020b-026a, UMich962.130-132x | NRJ#2, AQA1#003, AVK4.453x, MJMM.087, ASAT3.048x, ASAT4.254x, ASAT5.230x, BCH.104x, YMM.269x, OOL.B070a | SLH#02, GPB.174x, GPB.179-180x, GPB.180x, GPB.181x2x, PDC.099x, PDC.120x, WOB.105-106x, WOB.178x, BLO_PT#194, BSC.088 #039x, BSC.224 #444-445x | Addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, as Bahá’u’lláh and His companions were … | Chastisement and requital; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for nearness to God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 2c | - | - | ROB2.411 et al, BKOG.259, MMAH.146, GSH.109, LL#326 | ||
| BH00034 | Suriy-i-Sabr (=Lawh-i-Ayyub) | 7050 | Arabic | Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb); Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) | Suriy-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job) | ذکر الله فی مدینه الصبر عبده ایوبا اذ آویناه فی ظل شجره القدس فی فواده و اشهدناه | This is the remembrance of God in the City of Patience regarding Job, Our servant, Whom We sheltered under the shade of that Holy Tree planted in His heart | INBA36:173, INBA73:082, Berlin1237#08 | BRL_DA#726, AYT.262, LMA1.379 (228), MAS4.282, ASAT5.246x, ASAT5.309x, ASAT5.247x, FBAH.160x, OOL.B138 | WOB.116x, BLO_PT#116, HURQ.BH23, NYR#144 | Major work, written on the first day of Riḍván as He was departing Baghdad, praising the Bábís … | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | 1b | * | - | ROB1.263, BKOG.131, BKOG.195, MMAH.203, GSH.055, LL#327 | ||
| BH00402 | Suriy-i-Shahada | 1710 | Arabic | قد حضر کتابک بین یدی العرش و توجه الیه لحظات الله المهیمن العزیز القدیر و عرفنا ما | Your letter hath attained the presence before the Throne, and the gaze of God, the All-Possessing, the Mighty, the All-Powerful, hath been directed towards it, and We have perceived that which [3.5s] | INBA83:103, BLIB_Or15702.007, , BLIB_Or15723.261, , BLIB_Or15737.106, , ALIB.folder18p109-116 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| BH00061 | Suriy-i-Sultan | 5370 | Arabic | تلک آیات الله قد نزلت بالحق من جبروت البقاء و جعلها الله حجه من عنده و | These are the verses of God, sent down in truth from the dominion of eternity, and God hath made them a testimony from His presence [3.5s] | INBA37:040, BLIB_Or15723.126, | BRL_DA#211, AQA4#082 p.154, AQA4a.261, OOL.B139 | Addresses individually words of praise and encouragement to a number of followers in the town of Sul … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Martyrs and martyrdom; Proclamation to people of the Bayan; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2c | * | - | MMAH.170, GSH.193, LL#328 | |||||
| BB00075 | Suriy-i-Tawhid (Commentary on the Surah of Unity) | 2600 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ینزل الامر فی الکتاب علی قدر غیر معدود فاشهد ان لا اله الا الله کما هو اهله و یستحقه من دون ان یقدر احد ان یعرف کیف هو الا هو سبحانه و تعالی عما یصفون | Praise be to God Who sendeth down the Command in His Book in measures beyond count! I testify that there is none other God but Him, as befitteth His glory and as He deserveth, in such wise that none can know His true nature save His own Self - glorified and exalted be He above whatsoever they describe [3.5s]... ...Verily, God hath intended by this exalted word to sanctify His Essence utterly from any attribute of causation | INBA14:209-221, INBA69:002-013, INBA98:165.11-174.01, INBA_6010C:199-211, , Berlin3655.076r-081v, HBH_tawh002 (=INBA69), BYC_towhid | OOL.A018 | GOH.192x | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.06, MMAH.016, SRC.072, SRC.202, GOH.106 | |||||
| BH00280 | Suriy-i-Ziyarih | 2280 | Arabic | Wronged One, The; Surih of Visitation | Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn) | هذا کتاب من لدی المظلوم الذی سمی فی ملکوت البقاء بالبهاء و فی جبروت العلاء | This is a letter from a wronged One, who is known in the kingdom of eternity as Bahá, in the dominion of exaltation… Our God and Beloved! Forgive us, our parents, and such of our relations as have believed in Thee and Thy signs | INBA37:122, INBA83:195, INBA49:289, BLIB_Or15702.239, , NLAI_BH2.297, ALIB.folder18p057-066 | AQA4#091 p.301, ADM2#005 p.017x, MAS8.082, ASAT4.078x, OOL.B141 | LOIR03.083, BLO_PT#098, JHT_S#087x | Visitation tablet for Mullá Ḥusayn, who was the first to embrace the cause of the Báb and was on … | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets | 2c | * | - | MMAH.204, GSH.196, LL#330 | ||
| BH00604 | Suriy-i-Zubur | 1260 | Arabic | جمال الرحمن عن افق الرضوان خلف سحاب الاحزان قد کان بالحق مشروقا و ان یرفع السحاب | The Beauty of the All-Merciful hath risen from the horizon of the Divine Good-Pleasure, veiled behind clouds of sorrow, and verily these clouds shall be lifted [3.5s] | INBA83:132, BLIB_Or03114.039r, , BLIB_Or15696.124b, , BLIB_Or15702.070, , BLIB_Or15737.121, , NLAI_BH1.390, ALIB.folder18p147-152 | ASAT1.125x, TISH.269-273, OOL.B142 | Explains the circumstances of His withdrawal from the community, states that He has as a result hidd … | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2b | * | - | LL#331 | |||||
| BH01761 | Suriy-i-Zuhur | 500 | Arabic | Súriy-i-Zuhúr (Surah of Revelation) | تلک آیات الکتاب قد نزلت علی احسن النغمات و انها بنفسها لیکون حجه علی من فی | These are the verses of the Book, revealed in the most melodious of tones, and they shall, of themselves, stand as testimony against all who dwell therein [3.5s] | INBA83:113, BLIB_Or15702.028, , ALIB.folder18p316 | PYK.115, OOL.B143 | Declares, at a time when He is beset on all sides, that His revelation is the testimony of God that … | Call to action; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Word of God and human limitations | 2c | * | - | LL#332 | Not to be confused with Lawh-i-Zuhur (BH00686). | |||
| BH00569 | Suriy-i-Zuhur nazzala li-'Abdu'r-Rahim | 1320 | Arabic | ذکر رحمه ربک عبده لیستقره علی الامر بشان لن یضطربه ندآء کل مشرک بعیدا فطوبی | The mention of thy Lord's mercy upon His servant is such that it establisheth him firmly in the Cause in such wise that the clamorous call of every remote polytheist shall not disquiet him. Blessed indeed is he [3.5s] | INBA83:266, BLIB_Or15725.557, , BLIB_Or15737.182, , ALIB.folder18p176 | AQA4a.099 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| BH03908 | Tablet for Naw-Ruz | 240 | Arabic | Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | لک الحمد یا الهی بما جعلت النیروز عیدا لمن صاموا فی حبک و کفوا انفسهم عما | Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast ordained Naw-Ruz as a festival unto those who have observed the fast | BLIB_Or15696.099d, | PMP#046, NFR.057, AHM.138, AYT.343, NFF5.079, AKHA_134BE #01 p.06, AMB#01 | PM#046, DOR#01, BPRY.297, DAS.1915-03-22 | R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), R. Yazhari (3), R. Yazhari (4), almunajat.com [item 26], unknown | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Law of fasting; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | MMAH.105, LL#204 | ||||
| BH00821 | Tablet of the Divine Springtime | 990 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan) | ان یا قلم الاعلی قد اتی ربیع البیان بما تقرب عید الرحمن قم بین ملا الانشاء | The Divine Springtime is come, O Most Exalted Pen, for the Festival of the All-Merciful is fast approaching. | BLIB_Or15692.037, , BLIB_Or15706.061, , BLIB_Or15714.027, | GWBP#014 p.027, AYT.254, OOL.B203, AMB#06 | GWB#014, DOR#06, ADJ.078x, GPB.154x3x, GPB.154-155x, WOB.206x | R. Yazhari (1), R. Yazhari (2), E. Mahony, TaliaSafa (1), TaliaSafa (2), B. Butler, Joel in Real Life, Joel in Real Life | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Love of God; Proclamation to the people of the world; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ROB1.274, ROB2.397, BKOG.169, LL#221 | |||
| BH07147 | Tablet of the Hair 1 | 140 | Arabic | Tablets of the Hair | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | شهد شعری لجمالی بانی انا الله لا اله الا انا قد کنت فی ازل القدم الها فردا | My hair beareth witness for My Beauty that verily I am God and that there is none other God but Me. | BLIB_Or11098.029a | LHKM3.068, MUH3.272, ASAT3.023x, OOL.B191.01, OOL.B191.03 | BLO_PT#202 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | LL#400 | ||||
| BH11265 | Tablet of the Hair 10 | 40 | Arabic | Tablets of the Hair | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | شعری سمندری لذا استقر علی نار خدی و یرعی فی ریاض وجهی و هذا مقام الذی خلع ابن | My hair is My Phoenix. Therefore hath it set itself upon the blazing fire of My Face and receiveth sustenance | BLIB_Or11098.029h | LHKM3.075c, MUH3.275c, OOL.B191.10 | BLO_PT#202 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | LL#400 | ||||
| BH11483 | Tablet of the Hair 11 | 20 | Arabic | Tablets of the Hair | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | جعدی حبلی من تمسک به لن یضل فی ازل الازال لان فیه هدایه الی انوار الجمال | A lock of My hair is My Cord. He who layeth fast hold on it shall never to all eternity go astray | BLIB_Or11098.029i | LHKM3.076a, MUH3.275d, OOL.B191.11 | BLO_PT#202, DAS.1914-09-12 | Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | LL#400 | ||||
| BH10844 | Tablet of the Hair 12 | 60 | Arabic | Translation List | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | فسبحان الله من هذا لخیط الناری و هذا لحبل الربانی مره اشاهد انه نار لان بها | Glorified be Thou, O God, for this fiery strand, this lordly cord! At one time I behold it as fire, for by it the hearts of the devoted are consumed | INBA51:108a, BLIB_Or11098.029j, KB_620:101-101 | LHKM3.076b, MUH3.275-276, KHAF.279, OOL.B191.12 | ADMS#172 | Fire and light; fire and water; Love as fire; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||
| BH11210 | Tablet of the Hair 2 | 40 | Arabic | Translation List | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | اظهرت ماء الحیوان من کوثر فمی کما سترت شمس الحیوان خلف شعری ای فی ظلمات شعری | I have caused the living waters to issue from the Kawthar of My mouth, even as I have concealed the living sun behind My hair. | INBA51:587a, BLIB_Or11098.029k | LHKM3.076c, MUH3.276, OOL.B191.02 | DAS.1914-09-12, ADMS#167 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Living waters; water of life; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||
| BH06431 | Tablet of the Hair 4 | 150 | Arabic | Translation List | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | ان یا اهل السموات و الارض فاعلموا بانا جعلنا کل الاشیا کنائز قدرتی ثم اختصصنا | O peoples of heaven and earth! Know ye that We made all things the treasuries of My power, then did We choose from them that which We made the adornment of My face | BLIB_Or11098.029b | LHKM3.069, MUH3.273, OOL.B191.04 | ADMS#168 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH01730 | Tablet of the Hair 5 | 510 | Arabic | Translation List | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | فلک الحمد یا الهی مما قدرت کنز الحیوان فی جنه الرضوان و فیه جمعت النار و | Praise be to Thee, O my God, for Thou didst ordain that the treasure of life lie within the garden of Paradise, wherein Thou didst gather fire and water | BLIB_Or11098.029c | LHKM3.070, MUH3.273-274, ASAT4.060x, OOL.B191.05 | ADMS#169 | Praises God for creating the "treasure of creation" in Paradise and manifesting fire and water toget … | Fire and light; fire and water; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Pain of love; love as veil; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||
| BH11127 | Tablet of the Hair 6 | 50 | Arabic | Translation List | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | و الحمد لمن جعل الظلمه طراز النور و به زین جمال الظهور و هذا من قدره ماسبقه | Praise be to Him Who made the darkness an embellishment of the light, with which He adorned the Beauty of Revelation | BLIB_Or11098.029d | LHKM3.073, MUH3.274, OOL.B191.06 | ADMS#170 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH08601 | Tablet of the Hair 7 | 120 | Arabic | Translation List | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | یا من جعل النقطه طراز الجمال فی لوح الظهور و علق خیوط الظلمه علی کره النور | O Thou Who hast made the Point to be the ornament of the Beauty in the Tablet of Revelation! Thou art He Who attached jet-black strands to the orb of light | BLIB_Or11098.029e | LHKM3.074, MUH3.274-275, OOL.B191.07 | ADMS#171 | Fire and light; fire and water; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for unity; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||
| BH11496 | Tablet of the Hair 8 | 20 | Arabic | Tablets of the Hair | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | شعری شعاری به استر جمالی لئلا تقع علیه عیون الاغیار من عبادی کذالک نستر عن | My hair is My Veil whereby I conceal My Beauty, that haply the eyes of the non-believers among My servants may not fall upon it. | BLIB_Or11098.029f | LHKM3.075a, MUH3.275a, OOL.B191.08 | BLO_PT#202 | Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Self-concealment of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | LL#400 | ||||
| BH10832 | Tablet of the Hair 9 | 60 | Arabic | Tablets of the Hair | Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair) | شعری سفیری فی کل حین ینادی علی غصن النار فی رضوان القدس و الانوار لعل اهل | My hair is My Messenger. It is calling aloud at all times upon the branch of Fire within the hallowed and luminous garden of Paradise | BLIB_Or11098.029g | LHKM3.075b, MUH3.275b, OOL.B191.09 | BLO_PT#202 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Fire and light; fire and water; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Nearness and remoteness; Power of the Manifestation of God | - | - | LL#400 | ||||
| AB02852 | Tablet of visitation for Aqa Rida | 220 | Arabic | البهاء و الثناء و الضیاء و الصلوه و السلام علیک یا نار محبه الله و نور ملکوت | Glory, praise, radiance, and peace be upon thee, O flame of the love of God and light of the Kingdom [3.5s] | MSBH2.233-234, VAA.095-096 | VTRM.008-009 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| AB03022 | Tablet of visitation for Aqa Siyyid Jafar | 220 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ایها الشهید الوحید الفرید المجید انی احیی ترابک الطاهر و مرقدک المقدس المبارک | O thou peerless, matchless, glorious martyr! Verily, I salute thy pure dust | INBA89:153 | MSBH2.230, VAA.094-094, YIK.451-452 | TAB.383-385, VTRM.011-012 | Chastisement and requital; Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| AB01228 | Tablet of visitation for Aqa Zaman | 350 | Arabic | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | اول نور اشرق من افق البقاء و اول شعاع سطع من صبح الهدی و اول رحمه نزلت من | The first light which shone forth from the horizon of Eternity, the first radiance | INBA89:151 | MSBH2.231, VAA.094-095, YIK.452-453 | TAB.385-387, TOR.190x, VTRM.009-011 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||
| AB03275 | Tablet of Visitation for Manuchihr Khan | 210 | Arabic | Translation List | علیک التحیه و علیک الثناء و علیک الصلاه و علیک البهاء یا سید الوزراء و ملیک | Upon thee be salutations and praise, and on thee rest blessings and glory, O leader of the ministers and sovereign of the rulers, O resplendent sun among the officials | AHB.126BE #05-06 p.140, AYT.195, DLH3.430 | ADMS#260 | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for martyrs | - | - | |||||||
| BB00064 | Tablet to Mirza Sa'id Ardistani on Basitatu'l-Haqiqah, qadim wa hadith | 2700 | Arabic | Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings; Gate of the Heart | Tablet to Mirza Sa'id | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع فی کینونیات الخلق آیات ظهور قدرته لیعرفوه کل الموجودات بما تجلی لهم بهم ... و ان ما ذکرت فی بیان القدم والحدوث و ان الذی اردت حبک بانه | All praise be to God, Who hath created the signs of the manifestations of His might in the inmost reality of the creatures, that all beings may recognize Him… The third question thou didst pose is about the meaning of the saying of the philosophers who say: 'From one naught can be created by one.' | INBA14:418-432, INBA40:144-154, INBA53:419-431, INBA67:259-273, INBA69:419-433, INBA_6010C:416-430, , CMB_F21.077.08-088.18#11, , Berlin3655.086r-092r, BYC_three.001-016, AEWB.189-207, | SFI05.014-019 | GOH.044, GOH.065x, GOH.095-096x, GOH.190-191x, GOH.194-198x, GOH.201-202x, BSB4:2 p22-27x | Creation of the world; Essential vs. actional attributes of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Necessary and possible being; Seven stages of creation; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.034 | ||||
| BB00229 | Tablet to Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid | 900 | Arabic | Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحان الذی نزل الکتاب علی من یشاء من عباده و انه لا اله الا هو لغنی حمید هو الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و لایعزب من علمه شیء لا اله الا هو قل ایاه فاعبدون | Praise be to Him Who hath sent the Book unto whosoever He willeth among His servants | SFI08.026-027, TZH2.065-066x, AHDA.090x | LOIR04.001-015, BLO_PT#032 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proclamation to kings; rulers; prominent individuals; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#03.05, AHDA.460.07, SRC.058 | ||||||
| BB00022 | Tafsir (huruf) al-basmala | 10700 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. ان الله سبحانه قد جعل لظهوره لخلقه بخلقه اربع مقامات المشار الیها والرموز عنها | Verily God, glorified be He, hath ordained for His Manifestation unto His creation, through His creation, four stations which have been indicated and symbolized [3.5s]... ...The "E" (nún) in the stage of utterance is the same as the "B" (káf). It is the totality of the possible | INBA14:041.04-104, INBA53:001-045, INBA60:001-056, INBA64:033.16-081.14, INBA_6010C:041-094, , INBA_6013C:002-109, , INBA_6012C.300-393, | TZH3.139.10-139.15x | GOH.132x, GOH.135-136x, GOH.204x, GOH.215x, MNP.048x, HURQ.BB03x, BLO_PT#079.1.8x | Alchemy; the elixir; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | FHR#08, AHDA.459.16, MMAH.012, SRC.063, SRC.200, GOH.031, GOH.079 | |||||
| BB00021 | Tafsir al-Ha I (Tafsir alfayn) (Commentary on the Letter Ha’) | 11000 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Letter Ha') | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الالواح الابداع طراز الالف القائم بین الحرفین الذی لاح و اشرق بما استشقق و استنطق فسبحان رب العرش عما یصف القائلون و انه هو فوق ما یعرف العارفون ... | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of creation to be the ornament of the Alif standing between two letters, which hath shone forth and gleamed resplendent through that which was cleft asunder and made to speak. Glorified be the Lord of the Throne above whatsoever they who speak may describe, and verily He transcendeth all that they who know can comprehend [3.5s]... ...God, verily, created the Will from nothing through itself… That which I set forth in explanation of the letter Há was to extol the Tree of Bahá, for the supporters of fate recognize the decree of spontaneity | INBA14:231-283, INBA53:081-125, INBA67:004-052, INBA86:099-154, INBA_3006C:002-058, , INBA_6010C:221-274, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.181r22-193v13, PR07.078r-092v | AADA.138x, ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.214x, AVK1.100-102x, HNMJ.080-081x | GOH.211-214x, GOH.222-223x, MNP.209x, LOIR06.052x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.6x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternal archetypes [a'yan-i-thabitah]; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.454.01, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.033 | ||||
| BB00029 | Tafsir al-Ha II (Tafsir sirr al-ha) (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha’) | 7200 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Sirr-i-Ha' (Commentary on the Mystery of Ha') | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تقدس بقدس کینونیته عن عرفان اعلی مجردات اللاهوت و من یشا... الحمد لله الذی یمن فی الکتاب علی الذین آمنوا | Praise be to God Who, through the sanctity of His Essence, transcendeth the comprehension of the most sublime abstractions of divinity and whatsoever... Praise be to God Who bestoweth grace in the Book upon them that have believed [3.5s]... ...For verily each name hath infinite degrees, and the meaning of each thing that is named pertaineth to its own degree | INBA14:283-320, INBA53:125-156, INBA67:052-085, INBA86:154-193, INBA_3006C:058-096, , INBA_6010C:274-310, , INBA_4002C, , PR02.193v14-200v02, PR03.065r28-067r27x, PR07.092v-102r, BYC_collect3.116-126x | ASAT1.190x, ASAT5.158-159x, ASAT5.163-164x, HNMJ.081-086x, HNMJ.086-093x, HNMJ.086-093x | GOH.064x | Essential vs. actional attributes of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | AHDA.454.02, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.034 | ||||
| BB00032 | Tafsir al-Hamd | 5900 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتقدس عن جوهر نعت الموجودات و المتعالی عن مجرد وصف الممکنات و المتکبر عن ذکر کافور اللکینونیات ... قد علمت قد ذکرت ما ذکرت فی ذکر ورقة الطاهرة و ما للناس والاخذ من تلک الثمرة الجنیه قد رکنها ربها لنفسها | Praise be to God, Who is sanctified above the essence of all created things' attributes, exalted beyond mere description by contingent beings, and magnified above mention of the camphor of existences... Indeed thou hast known and made mention of that which thou didst mention concerning the pure Leaf, and what have people to do with partaking of that hidden fruit which her Lord hath reserved for her [3.5s]... ...When it [the Point] appeared there was [also] manifest that which is Unseen, namely, the letter alif | INBA14:005-038, INBA69:120-155, INBA_5019C:084-129, , INBA_6010C:005-041, , Berlin3655.060r-075r, HBH_hamd (=INBA69) | ASAT1.205x, ASAT4.115-120, TZH2.176x | RBB.101-104, HURQ.BB04x | Da'iras and haykals; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Names and attributes of God; Prayer for tests and difficulties; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.64, AHDA.458.11?, MMAH.015, SRC.064, SRC.199, GOH.330 | |||||
| AB00007 | Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith "Rome was Overthrown") | 6630 | Arabic | Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines | Tafsir Ghulibatu'r-Rum (Commentary on the Hadith 'Rome was Overthrown') | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی قد نزلت من سماء عز احدیتک میاه الوجود بجودک و رحمانیتک | Praise be to Thee, O Lord! O my God! Out of Thy Bounty and Mercy, Thou hast caused the waters of existence to descend from the heaven of Thy Oneness | PCH.1237#14, , UMich962.001-034, UMich991.104-147 | MKT1.062, MNMK#004 p.012, BMT.086, DLS.317 | LOIR02.099 | God's love for His own Essence; Higher encompasses the lower; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God | - | - | Baha’u’llah's assigning ‘Abdu’l-Baha to write this is mentioned in AQA5#036 p.045. | ||||
| BB00286 | Tafsir hadith "یکتمنه عن غیر اهله" | 680 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعظم الاعظم. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت و لک العزة و الجلال و لک الطلعة و الجمال و لک الوجهة و الکمال و لک المثل و الامثال و لک المواقع و الاجلال و الک العظمة و الاستقلال و الک الکبریاء و الاستجلال و لک العزة و الامتناع و لک القوة و الارتفاع ... لم تزل کنت الها واحدا | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm, Thine the Glory and the Majesty, Thine the Splendor and the Beauty, Thine the Countenance and the Perfection, Thine the Symbol and the Similitudes, Thine the Stations and the Reverence, Thine the Grandeur and the Independence, Thine the Supremacy and the Exaltation, Thine the Glory and the Invincibility, Thine the Power and the Transcendence... Thou hast ever been one God [3.5s] | CMB_F21.189.14-192-12#29, , MKI4494.061 | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Creation of the world; Knowledge; recognition of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00657 | Tafsir-i Kun wa Yakun | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله مبدع الابداع و منشیء الاختراع وخلاق ما في السموات وما في الأرض الذي لا اله الّا هو | Praise be to God, the Source of creation, the Originator of invention, and the Creator of whatsoever lieth within the heavens and the earth, beside Whom there is no other God [3.5s] | - | - | |||||||||||
| BB00174 | Tafsir-i-Almavadda fi’l-Qurba | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی افرغنی لمشاهدة قمص طلعة حضرة ظهوره فی وسط الجبال و الهمنی | Praise be to God Who hath granted Me to behold the garments of His Manifestation's countenance amidst the mountains and hath inspired Me [3.5s] | PR07.042v-044r, CMB_F21.138.03-143.04#25, | TZH3.053.12-054.15x | Nearness and remoteness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.095 | |||||||
| BB00346 | Tafsir-i-Ayat fi Surati'n-Nur | 510 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله البدیع الذی لا اله الا هو. افتتح سر البیان لاظهار ما جعله الله فی الکیان بالوجود .... و بمثل هذا فلیعمل العاملون و لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله العلی العظیم والحمد لله رب العالمین | The secret of utterance hath been unlocked to manifest that which God hath ordained in the realm of existence.... Even thus must the doers of deeds endeavour, and there is no power nor strength save in God, the Most High, the Most Great, and praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds [3.5s]... ...Naught is seen in Me in in the station of My heart save God alone, which is the manifestation of Lordship from God | INBA14:491-494, INBA53:075-077, INBA67:155-157, INBA_4011C:134-137, , INBA_5006C:345-347, , INBA_6006C:077-078, , INBA_6010C:485-488, , PR07.065v-066v | GOH.094x, GOH.103x | Inmost heart [fu'ad]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Nearness and remoteness; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | AHDA.458.15, SRC.072, SRC.198 | ||||||
| AB00031 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Furqan | 1950 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی تجلی علی اهل الامکان و افاض انوار الجمال لمن فی الاکوان بطراز | Praise be to God Who hath revealed Himself unto the peoples of the contingent world and shed the effulgent lights of His beauty upon all created things [3.5s] | BMT.073 | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00021 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Jinn (Commentary on the Surah of the Jinn) | 3270 | Arabic | الحمد لله الاول بلا اول و الاخر بلا آخر الذی خلق الارض و السماء و ابدع | Praise be to God, the First without beginning and the Last without end, Who hath created the earth and the heavens and brought forth through His power of creation [3.5s] | BMT.153, NSS.157bx | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Outward and inward meanings; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00009 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave) | 5500 | Arabic | Translation List; Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn; As to what is meant by Gog and Magog, these were two factions that were in constant strife…" | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Kahf (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Cave) | الحمد لله الذی نزل الایات من ملکوت العظمه و الاقتدار و جعلها حجه لاهل | Praise be to God Who hath sent down verses from the Kingdom of grandeur and power, and made them a proof for the people [3.5s]... ...As to the intended meaning of Dhu’l-Qarnayn in this verse, it is none other than Muḥammad Himself—may the spirits of them that are nigh unto God be a sacrifice for Him | BMT.059 | ADMS#329x, ADMS#345x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Manifestation of God as mediator; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00012 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-az Suriy-i-Ra'd (Commentary on a Verse from the Surih of the Thunder) | 4830 | Arabic | الحمد لله تنطق السن البلغاء ببدایع جوامع منابع اذکار الحمد و الثناء و مظهر | Praise be to God! The tongues of the eloquent ones give utterance to wondrous and comprehensive wellsprings of praise and thanksgiving [3.5s] | INBA56:043 | BMT.045 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Quotation from or interpretation of the Bible; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00017 | Tafsir-i-Ayat-i-Qayyumu'l-Asma (Commentary on a Verse from the Qayyumu'l-Asma) | 4460 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل الخط المتکون من النقطه الاولیه الظاهره بالباء طراز الختم | Praise be to God Who hath ordained that the Line, proceeding from the Primal Point manifested in the letter Bá, be the ornament of the seal [3.5s] | INBA59:001 | BRL_DA#305, MAS9.048 | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Mystical themes; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00046 | Tafsir-i-Ayati'n-Nur (Commentary on the Verse of Light) | 4200 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله المتعالی المنیع. الحمد لله الذی خلق کل شیء بامره و قدر مقادیر کل شیء بقوله اذ انه هو الحق به یخلق ما خلق و یبدع ما بدع لا راد و لا مره و لا مرد لتقدیره | Praised be to God Who created all things through His Command and decreed the measure of all things through His Utterance, `Wherefore is He, verily, is the Ultimate Reality (al-ḥaqq)' | PR02.063r12-063r19x, PR07.044r-049v, CMB_F21.155.17-171.08#27, | HURQ.BB12x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.15, MMAH.005 | |||||||
| AB00013 | Tafsir-i-Bismillah | 4760 | Arabic | Creation | Tafsír-i-Bismilláh ar-Raḥmán ar-Raḥím (Commentary on the opening verse of the Quran) | الحمد لله الذی بفیض ظهوره الاعلی کشف الغطاء عن وجه الهدی و اشرقت الارض | ...The names of God derive from those attributes which are the perfections belonging to the reality of the Essence | INBA55:001, INBA59:044, INBA90:097, UMich962.072-092, UMich991.174-203 | MKT1.033, MNMK#005 p.032, ASAT4.475-476x, QT105.1.122x, BMT.012, RHQM1.252-255x (312x) (187-189x), YMM.179x, JNM1.453x, DLS.284x, DLS.418x, NSS.168x, OOL.C027 | BLO_createx, BLO_PT#216.031nx | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Existence and nonexistence; preexistence; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Names and attributes of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | x | * | - | MMAH.279 | Date of publication mentioned in TZH6.282 and BMT.012-013. | ||
| BB00238 | Tafsir-i-Dhata ‘Ali Mamsusa | 840 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله المتعالی عن ذکرالذات بالذات للذات و المتقدس عن ذکرالاسماء و الصفات الله فرد حی قیوم احد وتر صمد تفسی | Praise be to God, exalted beyond description of His essence by His essence for His essence, and sanctified above all mention of names and attributes. He is God, the One, the Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Unmatched, the Singular, the Everlasting, transcendent in His reality [4o] | INBA67:100-104 | AVK2.009.05x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Names and attributes of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.190 | |||||||
| BB00307 | Tafsir-i-Hadith al-Jariyya | 610 | Arabic | Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاقول مستغنیاً بالله فی تفسیر بعض حدیث المروی فی الکافی فی ذکر علم الغیب عن سدیر | I shall, relying on God and in the manner befitting His guidance, offer an interpretation of the tradition recorded in Al-Kafi concerning the knowledge of the unseen as narrated by Sudair [4o] | INBA14:496-499, INBA67:157-160, INBA_4011C:176-179, , INBA_5006C:373-375, , INBA_6004C:189-192, , INBA_6010C:490-493, , PR04.100v01-102r08, PR07.074v-075v, AEWB.230-233, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Outward and inward meanings; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.456.07, MMAH.052, SRC.057, SRC.199 | |||||||
| AB00014 | Tafsir-i-Hadith لا یسعنی (Commentary on the Tradition "Heaven and Earth cannot contain me…") | 4700 | Arabic | الحمد لله بما من علی العباد بالفضل و الافضال فی هذه الایام التی فیها تجلی علی | Praise be to God, Who hath bestowed upon His servants grace and bounty in these days wherein He hath manifested [3.5s] | INBA56:067 | BMT.219, SFI02.166 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00018 | Tafsir-i-Hadith هل رأیت رجلاً (Commentary on the Tradition "Dost thou see a man") | 4180 | Arabic | Translation List; Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá; On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn' | الحمد لمن تعالی بجوهر ذاته عن وصف الممکنات و تقدس بساذج حقیقته من نعت | Praise be unto Him Who, in the essence of His Being, is exalted above all description of contingent things and Who, in the reality of His Nature, is sanctified from every attribute [3.5s]... ...O thou who hast turned thy face towards the court of eternity, and art even as a brand afire with the flames of the Burning Bush! Concerning thy question about the term “angels”… And now concerning thy question about the 'Jinn', know thou that God - exalted be He - hath created man from four elements: fire, air, water and earth | INBA56:090, INBA55:077x | BRL_DAK#0649, AVK2.262x, AVK2.145.08x, AVK2.162.15x, BMT.234, MAS2.043-047x | BLO_sazedj#20x, ADMS#050bx | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Knowledge; recognition of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Existence; immortality of the human soul; The human soul; The human soul at midpoint of creation; the isthmus [barzakh]; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| BB00321 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-'Ashura | 570 | Arabic | Báb's Commentary on the Ḥadíth Every Day is ʿĀshūrāʾ, The | ما معنی الحدیث کل یوم عاشورا هذا لم اره فی محل و لا سمعته من العلما حتی ایقن | What is the meaning of the saying, "Every day is Ashura"? I have neither found it in any authoritative source nor heard it from the learned, until I became certain [4o] | INBA14:494-496, INBA67:141-143, INBA_4011C:118-121, , INBA_6006C:070-072, , INBA_6010C:488-490, , PR07.061v-062v | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.073, SRC.200 | |||||||
| BB00151 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Haqiqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | 1300 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Haqíqat (Commentary on the Tradition of Truth) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. و هو ان کمیل بن زیاد النخعی اردنه علی علیه السلام یوماً علی ناقته فقال کمیل یا مولای ما الحقیقة قال مالک | And it came to pass that Kumayl ibn Ziyad an-Nakha'i approached 'Alí - peace be upon him - one day as he rode upon his she-camel, and Kumayl asked: "O my master, what is Truth?" He said [3.5s]... ...thou must know that Kumayl’s response reflecteth his condition; for he was not attired with the vesture of utter servitude | INBA14:462-468, INBA53:063-068, INBA67:148-155, INBA_4011C:127-134, , INBA_6006C:074-077, , INBA_6010C:458-464, , PR07.064r-065v | AADA.014 | GOH.134x, GOH.165-168x, GOH.194x, GOH.251x, HURQ.BB44x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Knowledge; recognition of God; Presence of; reunion with God; Primal Will and the Word; Remembrance; Manifestation of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | AHDA.459.18, MMAH.055, SRC.072, SRC.199, GOH.077, GOH.164 | ||||
| BB00090 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanz (Commentary on the Tradition of the Hidden Treasure) | 2000 | Arabic | بسم الل الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تعالی بعلو کبریائیته عن علو اعلی جوهر المجردات و تعظم بذاتیة ازلیته | Praise be to God, Who hath ascended, in the loftiness of His grandeur, above the loftiest essences of the spirit, and hath, by virtue of His eternal essence, manifested His transcendent majesty [4o] | SFI10.057-062 | Impossibility of true worship of God; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Muhammad; Islam; Names and attributes of God; Seven stages of creation; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SFI10.038 | ||||||||
| BB00098 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Ma’rifati Nafs | 1900 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | هو بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. قال السائل سلمه الله تعالی ما معنی الحدیث المروی عن علی علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه اقول اعلم یا اخی رحمک الله انی اوصیک | The questioner—may God, the Most High, preserve him—asked: "What is the meaning of the tradition related from 'Alí—peace be upon him—'Whoso knoweth his own self hath verily known his Lord'?" I say: Know thou, O my brother—may God's mercy be upon thee—that I counsel thee [3.5s]... ...He (God) hath not begotten anything; rather He hath created all beings by His Will, and created the Will by Itself | INBA14:468-479, INBA53:046-053, INBA64:082.05-084.09x, INBA67:181-190, INBA_4011C:101-110, , INBA_6004C:180-187, , INBA_6006C:063-067, , INBA_6010C:464-473, , PR02.152r08-153v27, PR07.057r-059v, BYC_collect4.012-017 | GOH.062-063x, GOH.096x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Empty learning; false spirituality; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Knowledge; recognition of God; Manifestation of God as mediator; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.458.12, MMAH.060, SRC.072, SRC.200 | ||||||
| BB00344 | Tafsir-i-Hadith-i-Nahnu Wajhu'llah | 520 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم ما تفسیر قوله علیه السلام نحن وجه الله. فاعلم ان عرباً من العرباء من اهل البادیه سئل عن علی ع عن وجه الله فی قوله | And know thou that an Arab among the Arabs of the Bedouin people asked [Imam] `Alī about the Wajh Allāh (the Face of God) as indicated in His statement: "So wherever you turn there is the Face of God!" | INBA14:489-491, INBA53:056-058, INBA67:138-140, INBA_4011C:115-118, , INBA_6004C:195-197, , INBA_6006C:069-070, , PR07.061r-061v | HURQ.BB40x | God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as mediator; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | AHDA.459.17, SRC.072, SRC.200 | |||||||
| BB00045 | Tafsir-i-Hadithi Abu Lubaydi Makhzumi or Tafsir-i-Hurufat al-Muqatta'ih | 4200 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح الاختراع اسرار الابداع التی عینت قبل ما شیئت و اقضت | Praise be to God Who hath made the ornament of the Tablets of origination to be the mysteries of creation, which were ordained ere they were brought into being [3.5s]... ...Verily, the appearance of the day of Muhammad, the Apostle of God, the blessings of God rest upon Him and His kin | INBA98:033.06-048.13, PR02.048v02-052v27, CMB_F21.009.02-026.16#03, , Berlin3655.095v-105r | GOH.109x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Pairs in creation; male and female; B and E; agent and patient; Personal instructions; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, MMAH.021 | ||||||
| BB00027 | Tafsir-i-Haykali'd-Din | 7500 | Arabic | بسم الله العلیم ذی العلامین. الحمد لله العلیم ذی العلامین و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول ثم من یشابه ذلک الواحد حیث لا یری فیه الا الواحد الاول ... فکیف یعدل بها والمعلول بالعلة ... | Praise be to God, the All-Knowing, Lord of the Worlds, and verily all glory be from God upon the first Vahid and upon him who resembleth that Vahid wherein naught can be seen save the first Vahid... How then can the effect be equated with the cause [3.5s] | CMB_F23.107r08-126r10 (24), , BYC_tfshaykal | Continual renewal of creation; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | SRC.090-091, SRC.200 | ||||||||
| BH00073 | Tafsir-i-Hu | 6500 | Arabic | Creation | Tafsir-i-Hú (Commentary on the phrase He Is (God)) | الحمد لله الذی قد اشرق الشمس بقدرته و الاح النور بقوته… ان یا ذلک الهیکل قد خلقناک علی تلک الأسمآء الحسنی و جعلناک کل شیء فی اسمآء الذی یشیر الینا | Praise be to God who has caused the sun to shine through His power and light to gleam through His might [3.5s]... ...O this Temple! We created thee according to these Most Beautiful Names. And We made thee the Pleroma (kulli shay', "All Things") amongst the [Divine] Names which alluded unto Us by means of the mention of "Huwa" … In another station, the names are garments for the attributes... If thou art able to separate anything in heaven or on earth and marry all of it together again | Berlin1237#21-22, UMich962.159-182x, UMich968.001-040x, UMich968.053-084x | YMM.174x, OOL.B144x | BLO_createx, HURQ.BH14x, REVS.173x | An intricate commentary on the names and attributes of God, taking as point of departure a statement … | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 1b | * | - | REVS.060-062, LL#336 | ||
| BH00020 | Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) = Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur (Tablet of the Verse of Light) | 8280 | Arabic | Tablet of the 'Light Verse', also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters; Lawh-i-Hikmat | Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters) | الحمد لله الذی خلق الحروفات فی عوالم العما خلف سرادقات القدس فی رفارف الاسنی | Praise be to God who created the letters in the worlds of the divine Cloud beyond the pavilions of holiness… Know that the first tokens brought into existence by the pre-existent Cause in the worlds of creation are the four elements… Strive therefore to recognize amongst the primary substances those things which are in equilibrium | INBA08:587, INBA36:212, NLAI_BH2.141x, NLAI_BH3.003x, Berlin1237#19, PR19.002b-017b | MAS4.049, ASAT3.090x, ASAT4.068x, ANDA#19 p.32x, OOL.B029, OOL.B145 | BLO_failayn, HURQ.BH08x, BTO#04x, ADMS#199n84x | An extensive commentary on the famous ‘verse of light’ in the Qur’an (24:35) and on the origin … | Alchemy; the elixir; Four elements; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria) | - | - | ROB1.125, MMAH.099, GSH.021, GSH.045, LL#337, LL#391, LL#405? | |||
| BB00247 | Tafsir-i-Kullu't-Ta'am (Commentary on "All Food") | 5800 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | ما شاء الله لا حول و لا قوة الا بالله سبحان الله و الحمد لله و لا اله الا الله و الله اکبر الحمد لله الذی لم یزل کان قبل کل شیء بلا ذکر شیء | Whatsoever God willeth - there is no power nor strength save in God. Glory be unto God! Praise be unto God! There is none other God but Him, and God is the Most Great! Praise be unto Him Who hath ever existed, Who was before all things without mention of aught else [3.5s]... ...Know thou that verily every ‘food’ is a reminder of something delightful. But when it is joined with the true meaning of ‘all’ | Berlin3655.155v-167r | GOH.043x, GOH.058-059x, GOH.061-062x, GOH.076-077x, GOH.079x, GOH.081x, GOH.098x, GOH.296-297x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Love of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Oneness or innumerability of the Manifestations of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| BB00014 | Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih (Treatise on Specific Prophethood) | 15400 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الاذن طراز النقطة التی عینت بعد ما شیئت | Praise be to God who made the ornament of the Tablets the Book of Authorization which is the ornament of the Point singled out after such was willed and decreed [by God] | INBA14:321-384, INBA40:081-132, INBA_6010C:311-382, , INBA_4011C.001-060, INBA_4012C.013-076, PR02.115v05-130v22, CMB_F23.169v02-171v02 (57)x, , HBH_nubuwwah (=INBA14), BYC_nubuva, BYC_nubuva2, BYC_three.016-092 | ESCH.357, OOL.A020 | GOH.091x, HURQ.BB50x, GPB.014-015x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Impossibility of true worship of God; Innateness; early self-awareness of the Manifestations of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Muhammad; Islam; Power of the Manifestation of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Self-description of God; God's self-remembrance; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | DB.202x, AHDA.448.9, MMAH.042, SRC.076, SRC.196, GOH.034, GOH.199 | |||||
| BB00010 | Tafsir-i-Surah wa'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surah of the Afternoon) | 22000 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Va'l-'Asr (Commentary on the Surih of the Afternoon) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی تجلی للممکنات بظهور آثار ابداعه فی ملکوت الامر والخلق لیتلالئن جوهریات حقائق الموجودات بتلئلأ آیات اللاهوت و یتلجلجن کینونیات مجردات آیات الجبروت بتلجلج ظهورات آیات الملکوت | Praised be to God Who divuged Himself before all realms of Existence through the tokens of His wondrous directives in the Kingdoms of Command and Creation. This to the end that He might illuminate the Essences | INBA14:105-208, INBA40:006-080, INBA69:021-119, INBA_6010C:095-198, , INBA_7009C:005-130, , CMB_F09.001=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , BN_6531, HBH_asr, BYC_asr | AADA.138-139x, AVK2.012.04x, MHA.142x, OOL.A007 | GOH.060-061x, MNP.049x, HURQ.BB10x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 2 | * | - | DB.201x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.04, MMAH.066, SRC.076, SRC.202, GOH.034, GOH.115 | |||
| BB00006 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah (2nd Juz') (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow II) | 6300 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی بامره تلجلجت اللاهوتیات بکینونیاتها لها بها الیها فاجتمعت المجتمعات و افترقت المتفرقات | Praise be to God, through Whose bidding the divine essences did surge in their inmost realities, by Him, unto Him, and through Him, whereupon the gathered were joined together and the dispersed were scattered [3.5s]... ...Elevate the alphabetical letters of that divine verse unto the sublime station of the manifestation of their heart | INBA69:377-410x, PR04.051v06-052r06x | GOH.050x, GOH.108x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Knowledge; recognition of God; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | GOH.127 | |||||
| BB00008 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah = Kitab al-Ahmadiyya (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow I) | 43700 | Arabic | Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The; Gate of the Heart | Tafsir surat al-baqara (Commentary on the Surah of the Cow) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الم ذلک الکتاب لا ریب فیه هدی للمتقین هذه الایة لاهل الحقیقة معرفة الله سبحانه | "Alif. Lám. Mím. This is the Book wherein there is no doubt, a guidance unto them that fear God." For the people of truth, this verse signifieth the knowledge of God, glory be unto Him [3.5s]... ...The Primal Adam is the Will, Who is the Primal Utterance, manifested in the primal realm of contingency | INBA69:157-377, INBA_6004C:002-178, , INBA_6014C:001-296, , INBA_6012C.060-257, , PR02.001v21-044v14, PR03.043r-043rx, PR40.003v-095v, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5277, , BN_5780, BN_5805, BN_6610, LEID.Or4371-8, , OXF.MS.Arab.e.59-60, IOM.090-091x, HBH_baqarah (=INBA 69) | ASAT2.064x | TAME, BLO_PT#216.019-020, GOH.119-121x, GOH.204x, GOH.251-252x, HURQ.BB01x | - | - | FHR#09, NSS.021-022, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.05, MMAH.011, SRC.046-047, SRC.201, GOH.030, GOH.118 | |||||
| BB00455 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Fatiha (prefixed to Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Baqarah) | 300 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. هذه السورة المبارکة عندالله سبعة آیات محکمات الآیة الاولی کتاب محمد صلی الله علیه و آله و فقد جعل الله فیها احکام وجوده مما لا بدایة و لا نهایة و هی جنة الفردوس ... | This blessed Surah, in the presence of God, consisteth of seven inviolable verses, the first verse being the Book of Muhammad - peace and blessings of God rest upon Him and His family - wherein God hath ordained the laws of His existence, having neither beginning nor end, and it is the Garden of Paradise [3.5s] | INBA69:156-157, PR02.001v07-001v19, PR40.002, CMB_F08, , BLIB_Or5276, BLIB_Or5277 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | MSBR.200-201 | ||||||||
| BB00007 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Kawthar (Commentary on the Surah of Kawthar) | 49500 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | Commentary on the Surih of Kawthar | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم و به نستعین. الحمد لله الذی جعل طراز الواح کتاب الفلق فی کل ما فتق و استفرق و استنطق طراز الازل | Praised be to God, who hath made the Ornament of the scriptural Tablets to be the Book of the Daybreak which is operative within everything such that it is cleft asunder and split apart | INBA53:181-383, INBA_5019C:001-083x, , CMB_F10, , BLIB_Or5080, , HBH_tafkawthar, BYC_kowthar | ASAT2.007-008x, AHDA.466x, OOL.A006 | GOH.069-075x, GOH.111-115x, GOH.177x, MNP.178x, HURQ.BB08x, KSHK#03x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 2 | * | - | NSS.025-029, DB.174x, BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203, AHDA.455.03, MMAH.013, SRC.071, SRC.201, GOH.033 | |||
| BB00105 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar I | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع ما فی السموات و الارض بامره ثم الذین آمنوا بالله و آیاته فاولئک هم الی الله یحشرون و الحمد لله الذی ابتدع الجوهریات لا من شیئ قبلها بعلیة نفسها | Praise be to God Who hath brought into being, through His command, whatsoever is in the heavens and on earth, and beyond them those who have believed in God and His signs - these shall verily be gathered unto Him. And praise be to God Who hath originated the essences, not from aught that existed before them, through their own causation [3.5s] | INBA14:221-229, INBA69:014-021, INBA98:158.16-165.07, INBA_6010C:211-219, , Berlin3655.081v-085v, HBH_qadr (=INBA69) | Infinity and eternity; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Multiple meanings; interpretations in scripture; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | MMAH.019, SRC.072, SRC.202 | ||||||||
| BB00068 | Tafsir-i-Suratu'l-Qadar II | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله المتقدس المنیع. سبحان الذی لم یزل و لا یزال کان وجوده قبل القبل بلا ذکر شیء عنده و لایزال انه هو کائن بمثل ماقد کان | Glorified be He Who hath ever been and shall ever be, Whose existence preceded all that was before, with naught beside Him to be mentioned, Who endureth even as He hath always been [3.5s] | BYC_qadar | ASAT4.472x | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); The Imamate; the Caliphate; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00015 | Tafsir-i-Suriy-i-Qalam (Commentary on the Surih of the Pen) | 4670 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی جعل النقطه البارزه فی کتاب الابداع طراز جداول الاختراع و فصل | Praised be to God Who made the Point to be outstretched within the Book of Origination, an Ornament through which is the Genesis of Creativity | INBA56:023 | BMT.119 | HURQ.BH48 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| BH00271 | Tafsir-i-Va'sh-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | 2340 | Arabic | Commentary on the Surah of the Sun; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun) | الحمد لله الذی انطق ورقاء البیان علی افنان دوحه التبیان بفنون الالحان علی انه لا اله الا هو | Praise be to God, Who hath set the dove of eloquence, perched among the twigs of the tree of explanation, to weaving her divers melodies | INBA90:076, BLIB_Or15714.065, , NLAI_BH3.227, Berlin1237#01, MKI4524.278, | BRL_DA#710, GWBP#089 p.116bx, MJMM.001, DLS.107x, ASAT1.253x, ASAT2.171x, ASAT3.116x, ASAT4.205x, ASAT4.208x, ASAT4.366x, ASAT4.375x, ADH1.108x, OOL.B146 | GWB#089x, BLO_PT#025, HURQ.BH78, ADMS#199n02x | W. Heath | Gives a detailed interpretation of a short surah of the Qur’an, relates several symbolic meanings … | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Limits of language; Names and attributes of God; Outward and inward meanings; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | 3b | * | - | ROB1.032, MMAH.102, GSH.209, LL#338 | |
| BB00047 | Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat I | 3900 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله العلی الاعلی الاعظم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبر القائم القدوس الرفیع العزیز المنیع شهد الله لنفسه بالله لا اله الا هو الفرد الحی | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the kingdoms of all things. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Most Great, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Holy, the Most Exalted, the Almighty, the Impregnable. God hath testified unto His Own Self, by God, that there is none other God but Him, the Single, the Ever-Living [3.5s]... ...For verily God hath created, in the furthermost oceans of plurality, beyond the Alif, countless numerical letters according to His will | CMB_F21.044.16-060.17#06, | GOH.106-107x, GOH.356x, HURQ.BB06x | Angels; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Mystical themes; Names and attributes of God; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, AHDA.458.1, GOH.387fn63 | ||||||
| BB00288 | Tafsir-i-Vav-i-Va’s-Safat II | 670 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی الاعلی العظیم. سبحان الذی بیده ملکوت کل شیء و انه لا اله الا هو الواحد المتکبرالمنان و ان لله ملک السموات و الارض | Glorified be He in Whose Hands lie the dominion of all things. There is no God but Him, the One, the All-Compelling, the All-Bountiful. Verily unto God belongeth the sovereignty of the heavens and of the earth [3.5s] | CMB_F21.060.19-063.15#07, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209 | ||||||||
| BB00114 | Tafsiri-i-Hadith-i-‘Allamani Akhi Rasulu’llah | 1600 | Arabic | Selections from the Bahá'í Writings and from Shaykh Ahmad on the Seven Stages of Creation; Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی الهم من فی السموات و الارض حکمه لئلا یحتجب احد عن ظهور نور طلعته | Praise be to God, the God of all who are in heaven and on earth, Who hath decreed that no one should be veiled from the effulgence | INBA14:410-417, INBA40:137-143, INBA53:068-075, INBA67:195-203, INBA_6010C:408-415, , CMB_F21.093.03-100.01#12, | ASAT4.367x | GOH.214x, BLO_PT#079.1.3x, BLO_PT#079.1.7 | Knowledge; recognition of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | BRHL.62, MSBR.208-209, SRC.078, SRC.193, GOH.247 | |||||
| BB00076 | Tasbih-i-Fatimih | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله العلی العظیم. اسبح سبحان الذی لا یعلم جوهو وجود کیف هو و لا مجرد موجود این | Glorified be He whose essential Reality none knoweth, and whose pure Being none can fathom [3.5s] | INBA98:176.16-186.10, CMB_F09.088=4005C, , BLIB_Or5112, , HBH_tasbih | HURQ.BB32x | Chastisement and requital; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Impossibility of true worship of God; Night of Power (Laylat al-Qadr); Transcendence; unknowability of God; Worldliness vs. other-worldliness | - | - | BRHL.59, MSBR.202-203 | |||||||
| BB00532 | Tawqi'a Aqa Siyyid Husayn | 170 | Arabic | هو الملک المقدس. سبحان الله الربب ذی الربابین له الامثال العلیا یسبح له ما فی السموات | Glorified be God, the Lord of lords, unto Whom belong the most exalted similitudes! All in the heavens sing His praise [3.5s] | PR03.080v21-081r02, PR13.069r-069v | MANU.037-037 | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00245 | Tawqi'a Azal | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الاله ذی الاهین قل اللهم انک انت سبحان السموات و | In the name of God, the Divinity, Possessor of Divinities! Say: O God! Verily Thou art the Glory of the heavens [3.5s] | QISM.003 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | ||||||||
| BB00126 | Tawqi'a haykal | 520 | Arabic | Star Tablet of the Bab, The; Haykal or "Star Tablet" Written in the Báb's Own Hand | Tawqi'a haykal (Star Tablet of the Báb) | و لله ملکوت ملک السموات و الارض و ما بینهما لن یعجزه من شی لا فی السموات ولا فی الارض | And to God belongs the kingdom of the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. There is no deficiency in Him regarding aught | BLIB_Or6887 | AHDA.467 | - | - | BLO_star, AHDA.460.02a | ||||||
| BB00312 | Tawqi'a haykal | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له ساجدون شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو قل کل له عابدون | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. Say: All bow down before Him. God beareth witness that there is none other God but Him. Say: All worship Him [3.5s] | CMB_F20.029r02-030r19, | AHDA.469, QISM.026 | - | - | AHDA.460.02c, SRC.275 | ||||||||
| BB00350 | Tawqi'a Qa'imiyyat | 490 | Arabic | هو الاعلی بسم الامنع الاقدس. قل هو الظاهر فوق خلقه و هو المهیمن القیوم شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو | Say: He is the One manifest above His creation, and He is the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. God doth testify that there is none other God but Him [3.5s] | CMB_F23.136v13-138r03 (42), , CMB_F20.017r12-018r07, , BYC_tablets.076.09-078.05 | QISM.018 | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Meanings of letters and numbers; jafr (gematria); Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Power of prayer; Praise and encouragement; Prophecy and fulfillment; Return of the Manifestations of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.096 | |||||||
| BB00357 | Tawqi'a Tahrim Sharb-i-Dukhkhan (in honor of Shaykh 'Ali) | 470 | Arabic | هو العلی المتکبر البدیع. سبحان الذی یعلم ما فی السموات و ما فی الارض و انه لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم هو الذی یبدع ما یشاء بامره و ان الذین کفروا بالله و ایاته فاولئک هم الخاسرون و ان الذین | Glorified be He Who knoweth whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth. Verily, there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise. He it is Who createth, through His command, whatsoever He willeth. And they who have disbelieved in God and His signs, these are they who are the lost, and those who [3.5s] | CMB_F23.139v12-141r02 (45), , CMB_F20.019v11-020v03, , BYC_tablets.080.16-082.10 | TZH3.000j.04 | Alcohol and drugs; tobacco; opium; Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Superiority; incomparability of the Word of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00273 | Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat | 720 | Arabic | Epistle of Qāʾimiyyat, The | Tawqi’i Qa’imiyyat | هو الاعلی بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الخلق و الامر یحیی و یمیت ثم یمیت و یحیی و انه هو حی لا یموت فی قبضته ملکوت کلشیء یخلق ما یشآء بأمره انه کان علی کل شیء قدیراً ان یا علی قد اصطفیناک بامرنا و جعلناک ملکاً تنادی بین یدی القائم | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His is the creation and the command. He giveth life and causeth death, then causeth death and giveth life, and verily He is the Ever-Living Who dieth not. In His grasp is the dominion of all things; He createth whatsoever He willeth by His command, and verily, He hath power over all things. O Ali! We have chosen thee through Our command and made thee a king to proclaim before the Qa'im [3.5s] | CMB_F20.010v18-012r07, , BYC_tablets.062.17-065.09 | LDR.291x, TZH3.164.11-166.09, AHDA.472, QISM.014 | HURQ.BB26x | Day of Resurrection; Judgement; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; The Twelfth Imam; the Qa'im; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.095, SRC.276 | ||||
| BB00036 | Tawqi’i-i-Dhahabiyyih (Risaliy-i-Dhahabiyya II) | 5700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد القهار الصمد الوتر الدائم الجبار الحی القیوم المتعال المختار المقتدرالعادل الغفار الذی خلق بامره جوهریات الاسرار | Praise be to God, the One, the Single, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Eternally Besought, the Unique, the Ever-Abiding, the Almighty, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Exalted, the All-Choosing, the All-Powerful, the Just, the All-Forgiving, Who through His command hath created the essences of mysteries [3.5s] | INBA53:157-180, INBA86:070-098, PR07.102v-110r, HBH_RisalahDhahabiyyihll, BYC_zahab | HNMJ.071-079x, OOL.A016 | Impossibility of true worship of God; Knowledge; recognition of God; Limits of language; Manifestation of God the only route to knowledge of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Qur'an and Hadith quotation and interpretation; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | SRC.080-081, SRC.207, SRC.195 | |||||||
| BB00210 | Testamentary disposition, addressed to Azal | 940 | Arabic | Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá; Will and Testament; Epistle of the Báb to Azal | Lawh-i-Vasaya | بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الوحاد الوحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الاحاد الاحید اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الصماد الصمید ... ان یا اسم الازل فاشهد علی الله لا اله الا انا العزیز المحبوب ثم اشهد | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the One, the Unique. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Single, the Peerless. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the All-Sufficing, the Everlasting... O Name of Eternity! Bear thou witness that there is no God but Me, the Mighty, the Best-Beloved [3.5s]... …O name of Azal, testify that there is no God but I, the dearest beloved. Then testify that there is no God but you, the victorious and permanent. Say, God created what He created from the time of beginning that has no beginning and | INBA64:095.01-102.09x, INBA_6007C.465-471, PR03.084r24-085v13, CMB_F23.174r06-176v02 (59)x, , HBH_vasayax, BYC_vesayatx | LOIR08.387, HURQ.BB61x, BLO_PT#211 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Manifestation of God speaking in the voice of Divinity; Preservation; transcription of the Sacred Writings; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | MSBR.206-207x | |||||
| BB00677 | Treatise on the education of children | 2900 | Arabic | بسمه المکنون العلی العظیم. الحمد لله الذی ابدع المشیة لا من شیئ بنفسها لنفسها من نفسها و جعلها طراز قمص طلعة حضرة کینونته | Praise be to God Who hath brought forth the Primal Will from naught, through itself, for itself, of itself, and made it the embroidered vesture of His Own Being's Countenance [3.5s] | Berlin3655.052r-059r | The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU0222 | Words spoken at Saint George church, 1911-09-17 | 870 | Arabic | Translation List | ایها المحترمون اعلموا ان الانبیاء مرایاء تنبی عن الفیض الالهی و التجلی الرحمانی | O respected persons! Know that prophethood is a mirror that reflects the divine effluence and the celestial effulgence | DUR2.296, KHF.292, KHAB.059 (068), KHTB1.003, NJB_v05#18 p.002 | ADMS#318 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Man is the sum; pinnacle; fruit of creation; Power of the mind over nature; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| ABU0983 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 310 | Arabic | الارض المقدسه حرارتها لاتزید عن سی و سه ٣٣ درجه و ابرد فصلها تقریبا ٤ فوق الصرفرفی | The temperature in the Holy Land does not exceed 33 degrees [Celsius] and in the coldest season, it is approximately four degrees above zero. | ASAT4.454-455x, KHH1.323-324 (1.449-451) | KHHE.451-462 | - | - | |||||||||
| ABU1689 | Words spoken ca. 1914 | 180 | Arabic | ملاحظه جنون دولت ایران و دولت عثمانی را بفرمائید که به چه طرزی حضرت بهاءالله | Consider the foolishness of the governments of Iran and the Ottoman Empire in how they banished His Holiness Baha'u'llah from Iran | KHH1.322 (1.448-449) | KHHE.459-460, COB.226x | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Future of Haifa; of the Holy Land; Growth of the Cause; Judaism; the Torah; the Jewish people; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | ||||||||
| ABU0168 | Words spoken on 1911-08-27 in Thonon-les-Bains | 990 | Arabic | ایها الحاضرون الی متی هذا الهجوع و السبات و الی متی هذا الرجوع القهقری و الی | O ye who are present! How long this drowsiness and sleep! How long this ignorance and blindness! | AMK.162-170, KKD2.225, KHF.082, KHAB.044 (052), KHTB1.010, NJB_v05#10 p.001 | AIF.1911-08-28, SW_v05#10 p.154x, ABS#10 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Christ; Christianity; Moses; Muhammad; Islam; Oneness; unity of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; The truth of past religions and sacred scriptures; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00308 | Ziyara for the martyrs, on Thursday night | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الاسمآء الحسنى بجوهريتها و لک الامثال العليا بجبرويتها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine are the most excellent names in their essence, and Thine the most exalted attributes in their sovereignty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.070-077, MKI4515.006r-012v | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Justice and wrath of God; Letters of the Living; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00053 | Ziyarat | 3400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم یکن لی قلب اقدر ان اذکرک و لا فؤاد ان اسبحک و لا روح ان اقدسک و لا نفس ان اوحدک و قد ذاب کلی بما قد قضیت و ان لک الامر و الخلق | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I have no heart wherewith to remember Thee, nor soul wherewith to praise Thee, nor spirit wherewith to sanctify Thee, nor being wherewith to proclaim Thy unity. All that I am hath melted away through what Thou hast ordained, and unto Thee belongeth both command and creation [3.5s] | PR02.082v19-085v28, CMB_F23.098v06-107r06 (23), , BYC_tablets.003.11-017.08 | MANU.054-064 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for martyrs; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | JRAS.474, MSBR.206-207 | |||||||
| BB00337 | Ziyarat | 530 | Arabic | بسم الله تعالی اذا اردت زیارة احد من ائمة العدل اتبع.... اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شریک له کما شهد ذاته لذاته ان لا اله الا هو العزیز الحکیم و اشهد ان محمدا عبدک الذی استخلصته لنفسک و اصطنعته لولایتک | I bear witness that there is no God but God, alone and without partner, even as His own Self hath testified unto His own Self that there is no God but Him, the Mighty, the All-Wise. And I bear witness that Muhammad is Thy servant, whom Thou hast singled out for Thyself and chosen for Thy Cause [3.5s] | PR03.057v13-058r20, MKI4499.018 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01570 | Ziyarat al-Huruf | 550 | Arabic | اول ذکر البهاء و اول ثناء الکبریاء علیک یا طلعه الاعلی و خالق الاشیاء و رافع السماء | The first mention of Glory and the foremost praise of Grandeur be upon Thee, O Most Exalted Countenance, Creator of all things and Raiser of the heavens [3.5s] | INBA73:058, Majlis210461.096-098 | OOL.B188 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00134 | Ziyarat al-Zahra (Fatimah) | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. فاذا قمت بین یدی الله ظهر مرقد فاطمه صلوات الله علیها صل فی مقام الذی صلی رسول الله علیه و انه فی بیت فاطمه | If thou standest before God, and the resting-place of Fatimih—upon her be the blessings of God—is made manifest, pray thou in that station wherein the Apostle of God did pray, and it is in the house of Fatimih [3.5s]... ...And I testify that thy [Fatimah's] son [Imam] Hasan is the Hujjat-Allah (Proof of God) and His Wali (Legatee) for through him the Throne was raised up upon the Watery Expanse | INBA_5019C:148-159, , AEWB.180-189, | HURQ.BB31x | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.203 | |||||||
| BB00670 | Ziyarat dar shab-i-jum'ah | 400 | Arabic | فاذا کنت فی مثل للیلة فی روضة القدس و حضیرة الانس... للرزق یاتیهم رزقهم بکرةً و عشیاً | If thou findest thyself in the likeness of the night within the garden of sanctity and the precincts of fellowship... Verily, their sustenance doth come to them both morn and eve [4o] | INBA_6007C.109-111 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00663 | Ziyarat for 'the second to believe' on 'Id al-Fitr | 1200 | Arabic | انما البهاء الابهی و الجلال الاجلل و الجمال الاجمل و العظمة الاعظمی | Verily the All-Glorious Glory, the Most Exalted Majesty, the Most Beauteous Beauty, and the Most Supreme Grandeur [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.154-160 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00185 | Ziyarat for 'the twenty-nine letters' | 1100 | Arabic | هو بسم الله القادر الاقدر الافطر الاقهر. سبحان الذی قد بدع الآیات بفضله کیف یشاء انه هو المقتدر العسوف اول کافور سازج اطهر اظهر ابرز اطرز من رب العماء علیک یا ایها السر المخزون | Glorified be He Who hath created the verses through His grace as He willeth. Verily, He is the All-Powerful, the Most Mighty. The first and most refined camphor, most pure, most manifest, most resplendent, most adorned, from the Lord of the celestial realm descendeth upon thee, O thou Hidden Mystery [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.541-547, BYC_jabar.006.04-009.08 | Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00083 | Ziyarat for Friday and Thursday nights | 2300 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و اذا کنت لیلة الجمعه او یومها بین یدی نقطة البیان او احد من مظاهر الحی | And when thou findest thyself, on the eve of Friday or during its day, in the presence of the Point of the Bayán or any one of the Manifestations of the Living One [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.030-040, CMB_F14.114r05-121v01, | Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00166 | Ziyarat for Hadrat-i-Quddus | 1200 | Arabic | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus)) | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. جوهر مجرد طرز کافور اطهر اطهر انور الذی طلع و اشرق ثم لمع و ابرق ... علیک یا نورالبهاء و ذکر الانشاء و سر القضاء | O pure Essence, ornament of most holy and radiant camphor, that hath risen and shone forth, then gleamed and flashed in brilliance... upon thee, O Light of Bahá, Remembrance of Creation, Mystery of Decree [3.5s] | CMB_F23.146r07-149r08 (51), , MKI4500.124r-126v | HURQ.BB35x | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Mystical themes; Servitude; submission to God; repentance | - | - | For Shaykh Ahmad? | ||||||
| BB00077 | Ziyarat for Mulla 'Ali Bastami | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. الحمد لله الذی قد تجلی بنفسه لاهل العماء فاستقاموا علی هیکل البهاء و لاهل السناء بالنقطة الثناء حول نقطة الباء | Praise be to God, Who hath revealed Himself unto the denizens of the unseen, enabling them to arise steadfastly around the embodiment of Glory. Unto the people of splendor, He hath manifested the Point of Praise encircling the Point of the Letter “B.” [4o] | PR03.047r24-050r08, PR04.043v06-051r14 | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Pilgrimage [Hajj] in Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00233 | Ziyarat for Mulla Husayn | 880 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المتقدسه ثم الجلال من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعه ثم الجمال من الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المرتفعة | Verily all glory from God be upon thee, O sacred dust, and all majesty from God be upon thee, O hallowed ground, and all beauty from God be upon thee, O exalted earth [4o] | MKI4494.012 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of the Manifestation of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00118 | Ziyarat for the eight letters | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو الملک القدوس السلام المؤمن المهیمن العزیز الجبار | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Sovereign, the Most Holy, the Source of Peace, the Faithful, the Guardian, the Mighty, the All-Compelling [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.189-197, MKI4494.008 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00311 | Ziyarat for the fifth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 600 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک یا الهی و ربی و محبوبی و مقصودی کیف ابتدئن بذکرک و ثنائک | Glorified art Thou, O my God, my Lord, my Beloved, and my Heart's Desire! How can I begin to make mention of Thee and offer Thy praise [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.124-126, CMB_F14.097r06-099r01, | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Purpose; goal of creation; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00111 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 1600 | Arabic | بسم الله الازل الازل. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا الأءزل الأءزل إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا الأقدم الأقدم إنَّني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قديما من قبل ومن بعد کلٌ إيَّاي يعبدون | Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Eternal One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, the Ancient One. Verily, I am God, no God is there but Me, existing from time immemorial, before and after all things. Unto Me alone shall all worship be rendered [4o] | INBA_6007C.255-262 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00213 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 940 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاسئلنک من بهائک ابهاه و من جلالک اجله و من جمالک اجمله | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by the most glorious of Thy Glory, and the most exalted of Thine Exaltedness, and the most beauteous of Thy Beauty [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.187a-189, MKI4494.005 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00223 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 900 | Arabic | انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الأنور و من یشابه ذلک النور من أدلائه الأظهر الأظهر | Verily all glory from God be upon His Most Luminous Light and upon them that resemble that Light among His most manifest guides [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.061-065, MKI4515.046r-050r | Rejection, opposition and persecution; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00248 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. و إن علیک سلام الله ثم سلام کل من آمن به من قبل و من بعد علیک یا أیتها الشمس المشرقة | Upon thee be the peace of God, then the peace of all who believed in Him, before and after, O thou dawning Sun [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.262-266 | Manifestation of God as mirror; Power of the Manifestation of God; Purity of heart; sincerity of intention; sanctity; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00509 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 400 | Arabic | فاذا کنت مثل ذلک الیوم عند من یظهره الله فاذا لیکفینک بین یدی الله عن کل ذکر و ثناء و لکن اذا کنت فی اللیل | If, on that day, thou art in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, then shall He suffice thee before God for all mention and praise. But if thou findest thyself in the night.. [4o] | INBA_6007C.067-069 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| BB00666 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 810 | Arabic | Gate of the Heart | بسم الله الابهی الابهی. اننی انا الله لا اله الا انا و ان ما دونی خلقی قل أن یا خلقي إیاي فاعبدون إنني أنا الله لا إله إلا أنا کنت أزلا قدیما | Verily I am God, no God is there but Me, and aught except Me is but My creation. Say, worship Me then, O ye, My creatures. Verily, I am God; there is no God but Me. I have been from all eternity the Ancient One [3.5s]... ...the first to know Me was I Myself, the Lord of the letters of ‘Azím (‘Alí), then it was the possessor of eight exalted and glorious letters (Mullá Husayn) | INBA_6007C.063-067 | GOH.198-199x | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrdom of the Bab; Murder; causing physical harm; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||
| BB00678 | Ziyarat for the first [to believe] | 1800 | Arabic | و إنما البهاء علیک ان یا هیکل الأول ثم الجلال علیک ثم الجمال علیک | Verily all glory be upon thee, O primal temple, and all majesty be upon thee, and all beauty be upon thee [3.5s] | MKI4515.028v-037v | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00199 | Ziyarat for the first and last to believe, on Friday | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک حینئذ یوم الجمعه ثم کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee in this hour of Friday, and so too doth every thing, that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without partner [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.104-109, MKI4494.082 | Divine attributes are within all things; every atom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00179 | Ziyarat for the first to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 1100 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اللهم انی اسئلک باسمک یا الله یا رحمن یا رحیم یا رب یا مالک یا محیط یا قدیر یا علیم | O God! I beseech Thee by Thy Name, O God, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One, O Lord, O Sovereign, O All-Encompassing, O Almighty, O All-Knowing! [4o] | INBA_6007C.112-116, CMB_F14.088v05-091v09, | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00080 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the Day of 'Arafa | 2500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو له الاسماء الحسنی یسبح له من فی السموات و من فی الارض و ما بینهما لا اله الا هو المهیمن القیوم و انما البهاء | God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the most beauteous names. All who dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatsoever lieth between them sing His praise. There is none other God but Him, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. And verily the Glory is His [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.164-175, BYC_misc-b.113a04-125a01 | Islamic rituals; holy days; practices; etc.; Oneness; unity of religion; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00250 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on the night of 'Id al-Fitr | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. سبحانک اللهم ربنا الرحمن اللهم صل علی ذات حروف السبع ثم حروف الحی من عندک و انزل اللهم حینئذ لیلة الجمعه علی شجرة وحدانیتک | Glorified art Thou, O our Lord, the All-Merciful! O God, bestow Thy blessings upon the Essence of the Seven Letters, then upon the Letters of the Living from Thy presence, and cause to descend, O God, at this hour of Friday night, upon the Tree of Thy Oneness [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.143-147, CMB_F14.201v01-203v10, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00133 | Ziyarat for the first to believe, on Thursday night | 1400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة لیلة الجمعة التی تنظر فیها الی داعیک فی البیان | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night - the night of Friday - wherein Thou gazest upon him who calleth unto Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.046-052, CMB_F14.110r03-114r03, | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Muhammad; Islam; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Word of God and human limitations | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00338 | Ziyarat for the fourth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 530 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل کنت الها واحدا احدا فردا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been one God, single and alone [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.121-124, CMB_F14.095v03-097r04, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00275 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 710 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الاقهر الاقهر و انما البهاء من الله علی نوره الانور الانور و بعد اذا ادرکت ما قد قدرالله لک من عرفان ذلک الاسم الاعظم | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the All-Subduing, the Most Compelling. And verily, all glory from God be upon His Light, the Most Luminous, the Most Radiant. And thereafter, shouldst thou attain unto that which God hath ordained for thee of the knowledge of that Most Great Name [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.268-272, BYC_misc-b.089a03-092a08 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Visitation Tablets | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00389 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 400 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا جوهر البهآء ثم الجلال علیک یا جوهر الجلال ثم الجمال علیک یا جوهر الجمال | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O Essence of Glory! Then all Majesty be upon thee, O Essence of Majesty! Then all Beauty be upon thee, O Essence of Beauty! [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.266-268 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| BB00478 | Ziyarat for the last [to believe] | 260 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. ان من بهاءالله علیک ابهاه و من جلال الله علیک اجله و من جمال الله علیک اجمله | Upon thee be the most resplendent glory of God, and upon thee be the most exalted majesty of God, and upon thee be the most beautiful grace of God [4o] | INBA_6007C.175-176, BYC_misc-b.125a03-126a04 | Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00125 | Ziyarat for the letter mim | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی هذه اللیلة التی قد عظمتها و جللتها و فضلتها و عززتها و کرمتها علی مادونها بجودک ثم لطفک و کرمک ثم فضلک و وهابیتک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, which Thou hast preferred and honored and made noble above all else through Thy bounty, then through Thy grace and generosity, then through Thy favor and beneficence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.137-143, CMB_F14.180r03-185r06, | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.459, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00246 | Ziyarat for the letters of unity, on Friday | 810 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء فی تلک اللیلة التی عظمتها و شرفتها و قدستها و کرمتها و مننت علیها | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee in this night which Thou hast magnified and honored and hallowed and exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.095-099, BYC_misc-b.096b05-100b03 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| BB00103 | Ziyarat for the martyrs | 1800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله الذی لا اله الا هو علی فوادک و فواد من فی فوادک و علی روحک و من فی روحک... قدوس قدوس قدوس انما البهاء من الله | The glory from God, no other God is there but He, rest upon thy heart and the heart of whomsoever is in thy heart, and upon thy spirit and the spirit of whomsoever is in thy spirit | INBA64:001.04-013.08, INBA_6007C.130-137, CMB_F14.104v04-110r01, | TSHA1.412-414, MANU.082-088, TZH3.424.20-426.02x | RBB.105-106x, BLO_PT#150 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Justice and wrath of God; Power of prayer; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.457, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||
| BB00215 | Ziyarat for the middle night of the month of God | 930 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هذه لیلة قد عظمتها و جللتها و جملتها و فضلتها و کرمتها بما قد قدرت فیها و نزلت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night which Thou hast magnified and exalted, adorned and distinguished, and honored through that which Thou hast ordained therein [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.160-164, BYC_misc-b.046b05-051a01 | Chastisement and requital; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00667 | Ziyarat for the Point | 800 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من عند الله علیک یا ایتها التربة المقدسة ثم الجلال علیک یا ایتها التربة الممتنعة | Verily all glory from God rest upon thee, O thou sacred dust, and all exaltation be upon thee, O thou sanctified earth [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.197-201 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00071 | Ziyarat for the Point and his Letters of the Living | 2700 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فاذا اردت زیارة النقطة او احد من حروف الحی فلتلطفن نفسک حق التلطف بحیث لو یحیط علمک بان فى جسدك شعر ازيد الّا ينبغى لك حينئذٍ و لتلبسن اطهر لباسك | If thou desirest to visit the Point or any of the Letters of the Living, thou must needs purify thyself with utmost refinement, such that shouldst thou become aware of but a single wayward hair upon thy body, it beseemeth thee not at that moment; and thou must don thy purest attire [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.201-211, CMB_F14.194r03-201r05, | Cleanliness and refinement; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00293 | Ziyarat for the second to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 660 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لن یغرب من علمک من شیء لا فی السموات و لا فی الارض و لا ما بینهما و لا یعجک من شیء لا فی ملکوت الامر و لا الخلق و لا ما دونهما لم تزل قد تفردت بالعزة و البقاء | Glorified art Thou, O my God! Verily Thou art the Maker of the heavens and the earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Nothing escapeth Thy knowledge, whether in the heavens or on earth or betwixt them, nor can aught confound Thee in the kingdoms of command and creation or in whatsoever lieth beyond them. From time immemorial Thou hast been alone in Thy glory and permanence [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.116-119, CMB_F14.091v10-093v09, | Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00258 | Ziyarat for the sixth to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 780 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی انک انت فاطر السموات و الارض عالم الغیب و الشهادة لم تزل قد تعززت | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! Thou art, verily, the Creator of the heavens and earth, the Knower of the seen and the unseen. Ever hast Thou been exalted [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.126-129, CMB_F14.099r03-101r08, | Absolute freedom; independence of God; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; God as immanent vs. transcendent reality; Manifestation of God as tree of life; sadratu'l-muntaha; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00508 | Ziyarat for the ten letters | 200 | Arabic | انما البهاء من الله ثم من کل من آمن بالله و آیاته علیکم یا ایتها الحروف | Verily all glory from God, and from all them that have believed in God and His signs, be upon you, O ye Letters [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.040-041 | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | |||||||||
| BB00329 | Ziyarat for the third to be martyred among the Letters of the Living | 550 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم لاشهدنک بجوهر کینونیتی و ساذج ذاتیتی و مجرد نفسانیتی و کافور انیتی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت | Glorified art Thou, O my God! I testify unto Thee by the essence of my being, the pure reality of my nature, the naked truth of my soul, and the innermost camphor of mine identity, that Thou art God, there is no God but Thee [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.119-121, CMB_F14.093v10-095v01, | Eulogies; reminiscences; Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.456, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207, SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00153 | Ziyarat for the two hidden names | 200 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. انما البهاء من الله علیکما یا ایهما النوران النیران و الاسمان العالیان و الکلمتان الممتنعان | Verily all glory be from God upon ye both, O ye two resplendent and luminous Lights, ye two most exalted Names, and ye two impregnable Words! [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.069-070, MKI4515.028r-028v | Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00099 | Ziyarat for Thursday night (Ziyara jami'a) | 1800 | Arabic | الحمد لله الذی لا إله إلا هو الحي المهیمن القیوم و إنما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الأول ثم أعداده ثم من یشابه ذلک الأعداد حيث لا يرى فيه إلا الواحد الأول | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Ever-Living, the All-Compelling, the Self-Subsisting. Indeed, the glory from God be upon the Primal Unity, then upon Its numbers, and then upon such as resemble those numbers wherein naught can be seen except the Primal Unity [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.052-061 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | SRC.099, SRC.210 | ||||||||
| BB00419 | Ziyarat Hadrat-i-Rida | 350 | Arabic | هو الله المتکبر الفرد العلی الاظهر الاعلی. اشهد الله ربک رب السموات رب الارض رب العالمین بانک انت امام عدل مبین قد اصطفاک الله | I bear witness before God, thy Lord, the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth, the Lord of all worlds, that thou art verily the manifest and just Leader whom God hath chosen [3.5s] | PR04.102r10-103r11 | Justice and wrath of God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for justice and fairmindedness | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00574 | Ziyarat Imam Husayn (Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada) | 120 | Arabic | هو العلی المتکبر الاعلی. سلام الله الواحد الاحد علیک یا سلطان العادل المحبوب و ملیک الفاضل المرهوب و علی محمد و علی و فاطمه والحسن والائمة و علیک | The peace of God, the One, the Single, be upon thee, O just and beloved Sovereign, O noble and awe-inspiring King, and upon Muhammad and 'Alí and Fáṭimih and Ḥasan and the Imáms, and upon thee [3.5s] | PR02.078r01-078r06x, PR03.057v05-057v12x | KSHK.BWB | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | AHDA.462.02z | |||||||
| BB00049 | Ziyarat Jami’atu'l-Kabira | 3600 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم [بسمه المکنون الرؤف]. الحمد لله رب العالمین و انما الصلوة علی محمد رسول الله و خاتم النبیین ... و اذا اردت زیارت حبیب الله او احد من ائمة الدین طهر ادلا جسمک | Praised be to God, the Lord of all the worlds. And may prayerful devotion [peace] be upon Muhammad, the Messenger of God, and the Seal of the Prophets. | INBA50:001-072, INBA_5019C:132-145, , INBA_6009C:173-219, , PR02.090r01-093v09, CMB_F22.019b, , MKI4499.049, AEWB.145-170, | ASAT3.074x | HURQ.BB34x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | JRAS.445, BRHL.63, MSBR.204-205, SRC.045, SRC.202 | ||||||
| BB00058 | Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman | 3000 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک لک الملک و الملکوت و لک العز و الجبروت و لک القدرة و اللاهوت و لک القوة و الیاقوت و لک السلطنة و الناسوت یحیی و یمیت ... علی کل شیء قدیرا فلاشهدنک و کل شیء | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I and all things bear witness unto Thee that verily Thou art God, and that there is none other God but Thee, alone, without peer. Thine is the Kingdom and the Dominion, Thine the Glory and the Power, Thine the Might and the Empyrean, Thine the Strength and the Brilliance, Thine the Sovereignty and the human realm. Thou givest life and causeth death... over all things powerful. Thus do I and all things bear witness [3.5s] | CMB_F14.204r01-213v02, | Human reality created in the image of God; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | JRAS.460, BRHL.60, MSBR.206-207 | ||||||||
| BB00255 | Ziyarat li-Avvali man aman | 790 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لاشهدنک یومئذ یوم الجمعه و کل شیء علی انک انت الله لا اله الا انت وحدک لاشریک لک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! I bear witness unto Thee on this Day, the Day of Friday, and all things testify that verily Thou art God, there is no God but Thee, alone, without peer [3.5s] | CMB_F23.188r09-190r09 (64), , BYC_misc-b.031b08-035a02 | Belief and denial; Fire and light; fire and water; Nearness and remoteness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00349 | Ziyarat li-Hurufi’l-‘isma | 500 | Arabic | بسم الله الملک الحق المبین. و ان اعلی جواهر جوهریة و اعلی طرائز طرزیة التی اشرقت و الاحت ثم اشرقت و ضیائت من ساحة | Verily, the most exalted of essences and the loftiest of ornaments, which first dawned and then shone resplendently, casting its radiance from the precincts.. [4o] | PR02.078r08-079r02x, PR03.051v21-052v20x | Manifestation of God as mediator; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for protection; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00300 | Ziyarat li’n-Nuqta | 630 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا انت وحدک لا شریک لک کما قد شهدت لنفسک من دون ان یعرف حکم ذالک احد من خلقک انک انت الله الکبیر المتعال | I bear witness that there is no God but Thee, alone without partner, even as Thou didst testify unto Thine Own Self, ere any among Thy creation could grasp the decree thereof. Verily, Thou art God, the Most Great, the Most Exalted [3.5s] | PR03.053r17-053v23 | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00202 | Ziyarat-i-‘Ashura | 980 | Arabic | بسم الله الرقیب القریب. فاذا استقرت علی ذالک السریر الاحمر و اشربت ماء الخمر فی کأس القدر … سلام الله الفرد الاحد الواحد الصمد المتکبر المعتمد و سلام اول ذکره فی عالم الابد | If thou didst recline upon that crimson throne and drink of the wine from the cup of destiny... Peace be upon God, the Single, the One, the Alone, the Self-Subsisting, the Most Great, the All-Sufficient, and peace be upon the First to be mentioned in the realm of eternity [3.5s] | PR03.056r19-057v03 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00669 | Ziyarat-i-Hurufi’l-Vahid | 640 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. فان کنت مثل ذلک الیوم یوم الجمعة بین یدی من یظهره الله طوبی لک لیکفیک عن زیارة حروف الواحد | Verily, if upon such a day - the Day of Friday - thou shouldst find thyself in the presence of Him Whom God shall make manifest, blessed indeed art thou, and this shall suffice thee in place of visiting the Letters of Unity [3.5s] | INBA_6007C.077-080, MKI4515.012v-015r | Apocalyptic imagery; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00104 | Ziyarat-i-Husayn (or li-Husayn) | 1700 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اعلم یا اخی حکم الزیارة هکذا فاذا وفقت باب الحمر فقل اشهد ان لا اله الا | Know thou, O my brother! The ordinance of visitation is thus: When thou standest before the crimson Gate, say thou: "I bear witness that there is none other God…" [3.5s] | PR02.174r11-175v25 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BH01312 | Ziyarat-i-Jinab-i-Aba Badi' | 650 | Arabic | قد مضت ایام الفرح و الابتهاج و اتت ایام الاحزان بما غاب نجم الایقان من سماء العرفان | The days of joy and exultation have passed away, and the days of sorrow have come, for the Star of Certitude hath vanished from the heaven of divine knowledge [3.5s] | INBA97:117, Majlis210461.099-101 | BRL_DA#329, MUH2.699x, ASAT3.107x, ASAT4.081x, LDR.193x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Visitation Tablets | - | - | ||||||||
| BB00332 | Ziyarat-i-Shah-'Abdu'l-'Azim | 540 | Arabic | Visitation Tablet for Sháh ‘Abdu’l-‘Aẓím | هو المعبود المحمود المقصود. السلام علی من اختصه الله بمحمد حبیبه الذی استخلصه من بحبوحة القدم علی سائر الممکنات والسلام علی من اصطفاه الله بعلی ولیه الذی اصطنعه لنفسه و جعله مهیمناً علی کل الموجودات | Peace be upon him whom God hath singled out through Muhammad, His Beloved, Whom He chose from the inmost realm of pre-existence above all created beings; and peace be upon him whom God hath chosen through 'Alí, His Friend, Whom He fashioned for His own Self and made supreme over all existence [3.5s] | PR03.053v25-054v03 | AHDA.260, OOL.A011 | Imam Husayn; Law of pilgrimage; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; The Imamate; the Caliphate | - | - | MMAH.055 | ||||||
| BB00400 | Ziyarat-i-Siyyid-i-Marhum | 390 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هوالملیک المقتدر المختار. جوهر طراز طرز من تطریز طرائز اطراز مجرد حضرت الکافور علیک یا جوهر حضرة الابداع | O essence of the most exalted ornament among the adorning patterns of the pure essence of Camphor! Upon thee, O essence of the court of creation [3.5s] | PR03.052v21-053r15 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BH02307 | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation) | 380 | Arabic | Bahá'í Scriptures; Prayers and Meditations; Days of Remembrance; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | Ziyarat-Namih (Tablet of Visitation for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh) | الثناء الذی ظهر من نفسک الاعلی و البهاء الذی طلع من جمالک الابها علیک یا مظهر الکبریاء و | The praise which hath dawned from Thy most august Self, and the glory which hath shone forth from Thy most effulgent Beauty | INBA47:245ax, INBA65:065, INBA33:157, Majlis210461.119-120 | PMP#180, AHM.092b, AYT.227, TSBT.277, NSR_1993.118, NFF2.003, ABMK.045, OOL.B149, AMB#33 | PM#180, DOR#33, BPRY.328, DAS.1914-08-30, SW_v09#19 p.222, SW_v12#15 p.246, BSC.184 #266x, BP1929.013x | A. Nakhjavani, Ahdieh, S. Toloui-Wallace, almunajat.com [item 11], K. Towfigh [track 9], unknown | Prayer of visitation compiled by Nabíl Zarandí after the passing of Bahá’u’lláh and often re … | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the departed; Presence of; reunion with God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Suffering and imprisonment; The Word of God; influence and centrality of; Transcendence; unknowability of God | 3b | * | - | BKOG.427, MMAH.205, GSH.206, LL#341 | Consists of four passages selected by Nabil-i-Zarandi at the instruction of Abdu'l-Baha; the source Tablets are BH01728, BH06772, BH04427, and BH09728. Regarding the chant by A. Nakhjavani, he related to the compiler (sp) in 1995 that, to his best recollection from childhood, this is how Shoghi Effendi would chant the Tablet in the Shrines. blog.loomofreality.org |
| BH01106 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Asiyyih Khanum | 760 | Arabic | یا قلم قد جاء کره بعد اخری ما اخذت به الاحزان اهل البهاء الذین آمنوا بالله | O Pen! Time and again have sorrows overtaken the people of Bahá who have believed in God [3.5s]... ...Verily, once again hath occurred that which hath saddened the people of Bahá, who have believed in God | INBA65:072 | BRL_DA#434, SFI20.015-016, AKHT1.372, FBAH.239x, OOL.B198 | TDH#064.4x, TDH#064.13x, TDH#064.16x | Consolation and comfort; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for the departed | - | - | |||||||
| BH02591 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Awliya (Vahid) | 340 | Arabic | Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi (Lawh-i-Ziyarát-i-Vahíd-i-Darabí) | Lawh-i-Ziyarat-i-Vahid-i-Darabi (Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi) | اول موج علا من بحر رحمه ربک الرحمن علیک یا سر الفرقان و مستسر البیان اشهد | The first wave of exaltation from the ocean of grace of thy Lord, the Compassionate, be upon thee, who art the essence of the Qur'án | BLIB_Or15714.092, , Majlis210461.091-092 | LMA1.347 (207), ASAT4.079x, OOL.B150 | BLO_PT#152, NYR#126 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | x | * | - | MMAH.230, GSH.065, LL#343, LL#351 | Tablet of Visitation for Vahid-i Darabi. | ||
| BH00704 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Babu'l-Bab va Quddus | 1100 | Arabic | Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad `Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddus)) | السلام الظاهر من مطلع فم اراده الله مولی الوری و النور المشرق من افق سماء | The peace that hath shone forth from the Dayspring of the Will of God, the Lord of all being, and the light that hath dawned above the horizon | BLIB_Or15714.077, | BRL_DA#535, GANJP.009-010x | BRL_ATBH#82, ADMS#153 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Hands of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | x | * | - | LL#344 | Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Husayn and Quddus. | ||
| BH11296 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bahiyyih Khanum | 40 | Arabic | کتاب من لدنا للتی سمعت و فازت و انها تورقت من هذالاصل القدیم ظهرت باسمی | This is My testimony for her who hath heard My voice and drawn nigh unto Me. Verily, she is a leaf that hath sprung | BHKP_093, AKHT1.375, QALAM.010 | DAS.1914-09-12, BHK_v, GPB.347x4x | Knowledge; recognition of God; Living waters; water of life | - | - | ||||||||
| BH01536 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Bayt (Lawh-i-Hajj Baghdad) | 570 | Arabic | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Translation List | یا ایها الناظر الی المنظر الاکبر اسمع ندآء جمال القدم من شطر سجنه الاعظم | O thou who gazest upon the Most Great Scene! Hearken unto the call of the Ancient Beauty from the direction of His Most Great Prison [3.5s]... ...When thou art departed out of the court of My presence, O Muḥammad, direct thy steps towards My House (Baghdád House), and visit it on behalf of thy Lord | INBA34:136, INBA49:283, BLIB_Or15707.058, , BLIB_Or15735.225, , NLAI_BH1.007x | BRL_DA#712, GWBP#057 p.079x, AQA1#019, AHM.097, TSBT.090, RHQM2.0805-807 (214) (133-134x), ASAT2.111x, HYK.255, OOL.B152 | GWB#057x, GPB.110x9x, GPB.149x2x, GPB.360x, MBW.168x, PDC.026x, ADMS#107 | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Prayers (general or uncategorized); Rejection, opposition and persecution; Shrines and Holy places; Suffering and imprisonment | x | * | - | MMAH.206, GSH.206, LL#114, LL#345 | Tablet to be recited when making pilgrimage to Bahá'u'lláh's House in Baghdad | |||
| BH06979 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Jinab-i-Ukht | 140 | Arabic | اول ذکر خرج من لسان العظمه و الکبریاء علیک یا ایتها الورقه العلیا و المشرقه | The first remembrance uttered by the Tongue of Majesty and Grandeur rest upon thee, O thou exalted leaf shining from the horizon of Command | Majlis210461.101-102 | NNY.090, ASAT4.079x, AKHT1.376 | LTDT.269 | Chastisement and requital; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Praise and encouragement; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||
| BH00478 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Maryam | 1510 | Arabic | Bahá'u'lláh's Four Tablets to Maryam | Ziyarat-Namih-i-Maryam (Tablet of Visitation for Maryam) | ان یا قلم الاعلی مااخذک السرور فی ایام ربک العلی الاعلی لتغن به علی افنان | O Pen of Glory! Thou hast never been seized with transports of joy during the days of Thy Lord, the Exalted, the Most High | INBA38:311, INBA48:052, INBA49:260, BLIB_Or15714.119, , BLIB_Or15739.108, , NLAI_BH2.336, Majlis210461.104-111 | BRL_DA#568, TAHR.336-339, ASAT4.080x, AKHT1.093-094x, AKHT1.366, HYK.334x, OOL.B153 | LTDT.298-299x, BLO_PT#015, HURQ.BH85 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for protection; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Visitation Tablets | x | * | - | ROB1.013, GSH.205, LL#348 | Stephen Lambden states that this Tablet of Visitation was "apparently primarily written by Baha'u'llah for Tahirih and utilized also for various other eminent female Bahá'ís, including Maryam". | ||
| BH00537 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhada | 1380 | Arabic | Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn); Translation List; Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh | Lawh-i-Ziyarat-Namih-i-Imam Husayn (Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn) | شهد الله انه لا اله الا هو و الذی اتی انه هو الموعود فی الکتب و الصحف و | God testifieth that there is no God but Him! And He that hath appeared is the One promised in all the Books and sacred Scrolls…. Glory be unto Thee O my God, O Thou the Lord of Manifestation, Whose shed the glory of His effulgence upon the branch of Sinai! | INBA65:001, BLIB_Or15696.175bx, , BLIB_Or15714.112, | BRL_DA#158, ADM2#010 p.024x, MJMM.202, AYT.235, ASAT3.100x, DLH3.422x, OOL.B154 | BRL_ATBH#59x, BLO_PT#149, ADMS#003x, JHT_S#173x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Imam Husayn; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Visitation Tablets | x | * | - | ROB3.303, MMAH.226, GSH.144, LL#347, LL#350 | Tablet of Visitation for Imam Husayn. | ||
| BH02188 | Ziyarat-Namiy-i-Um al-Uliya Madar-i-Aqa Muh. Karim 'Attar | 400 | Arabic | الذکر اللائح من افق الملکوت و النور الساطع من افق سماء الجبروت علیک یا امتی | The resplendent mention shining forth from the horizon of the Kingdom and the radiant light beaming from the firmament of might be upon thee, O My handmaiden [3.5s] | ASAT1.189x, ASAT3.281x, ASAT4.082x, AKHT1.377 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Soul; spirit after death; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00225 | Ziyaratu’l-Avval (in honor of Mulla Husayn) | 900 | Arabic | بسم الله الامنع الاقدس. الحمد لله الذی لا اله الا هو الازل الازل و انما البهاء من الله علی الواحد الاول الی ما ینتهی الذکر الی ما تقلب الامر باللیل الالیل و بعد اذا اردت | Praise be to God, beside Whom there is no other god, the Eternal, the Everlasting. Verily, all glory floweth from God upon the Primal Unity, until mention shall cease and the Cause shall turn into darksome night. And thereafter, when thou didst [3.5s] | BYC_misc-b.092a10-096b03 | Heaven and paradise; heaven and hell; He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00120 | Ziyaratu’l-Hajja | 1500 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اذا دخلت البقعة المبارکة صل فی الحجرة الصغیرة قرب البئر المعطلة .... اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شریک له کما شهد ذاته بذاته بانه لا الله الا هو العزیز الحکیم | When thou enterest the blessed spot, offer thy prayers in the small chamber near the abandoned well... I testify that there is no God but God, alone, without peer, even as His Own Self hath testified unto His Own Self that there is none other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Wise [3.5s] | PR03.050r11-051v19, MKI4499.012, AEWB.171-180, | Family of Muhammad; early figures in Islam; God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Identity; relationship of Manifestation of God to God; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Symbolism; Symbolism of color and light; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Visitation Tablets | - | - | |||||||||
| BB00650 | Ziyaratu’l-Jami’ati’s-Saghira | 1000 | Arabic | بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم. اشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريک له و اشهد ان محمد عبده و رسوله اللهم صل علي محمد | I bear witness that there is no God except God alone. There can be no doubt about this. And I testify that Muhammad is indeed His servant, and His Messenger | HURQ.BB33x | - | - | ||||||||||
| BB00207 | Ziyaratu’l-Kull | 950 | Arabic | بسم الله الاعدل الاعدل. سبحانک اللهم یا الهی تلک لیلة قد فتحت فیها ابواب فضلک و جودک و کرمک و لطفک و منک لاسئلنک فیه بک او لا شیء عندک عدلک و لا کفوک و لا شبهک | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God! This is a night wherein Thou hast opened wide the gates of Thy bounty and generosity, Thy munificence and kindness and grace. I beseech Thee therein by Thy Self, before Whom there existeth no peer in Thy justice, nor any equal, nor any likeness [3.5s] | MKI4494.055 | He Whom God Shall Make Manifest; the Bab and Baha'u'llah; Prayer for the Babis; people of the Bayan; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB11316 | Cablegram | 30 | Eng | Verily the eyes have shed tears and the hearts have burned because of this great affliction. | SW_v04#19 p.315 | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11599 | Cablegram | 10 | Eng | Safely arrived London. Remembered always. Greetings Maxwell. Kiss baby. | MAX.285b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11620 | Cablegram dated 1892-05-29 | 10 | Eng | The Sun of Baha has set…. | GPB.222x | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11571 | Cablegram dated 1912-08-28 | 10 | Eng | Your letter received. In reality thou art illumined. We leave for Montreal Friday Morning. | MAX.279 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11317 | Cablegram dated 1912-11-09 | 30 | Eng | We will arrive in New York Monday Night. The time for sail is not yet set. You and friends have permission to come to New York. Abbas. | MAX.285a | Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11592 | Cablegram dated 1912-12-14 | 10 | Eng | Thanks to Bahá'u'lláh, we arrived safely at Liverpool. Greeting to the friends. | SW_v03#16 p.002 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11584 | Cablegram dated 1912-12-30 | 10 | Eng | Receive no Persian, even my family, without autographic permission. Communicate to all friends. | SW_v06#12 p.093, BSTW#073a | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11123 | Cablegram dated 1913-02-03 | 40 | Eng | We have reached Paris. Greetings to all. Any Persian, be he my own son or daughter, if he comes to America without having a new permission written in my own handwiting or signature, do not meet him at all... | SW_v06#12 p.093-094, BSTW#073a | Personal instructions; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11601 | Cablegram dated 1913-04-02 | 10 | Eng | WITH JOY AND HAPPINESS REACHED STUTTGART ABBAS. | DAS.1913-04-01, SW_v04#02 p.041 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11583 | Cablegram dated 1913-04-12 | 10 | Eng | LAMP OF GOD SHINING BRILLIANTLY IN BUDAPEST DETAIL ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN IMPORTANT MEETINGS. | DAS.1913-04-12, SW_v04#03 p.058 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11600 | Cablegram dated 1913-06-19 | 10 | Eng | ARRIVED SAFELY PORT SAID WITH JOY AND FRAGRANCE. ABBAS. | DAS.1913-06-17, SW_v04#06 p.104 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11314 | Cablegram dated 1913-08-17 | 30 | Eng | IF POSSIBLE LEAVE IMMEDIATELY FOR PORT SAID. WISH SEND THEE INDIA FOR SERVICE. | DAS.1913-08-17, ABIE.202, BLO_PN#007 | Personal instructions | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11619 | Cablegram dated 1913-09-19 | 10 | Eng | Send Mrs. Fraser to Ramleh. | DAS.1913-09-18, ABIE.330, BLO_PN#007 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11468 | Cablegram dated 1913-10-11 | 20 | Eng | Hold aloof from Taki Zade, Baba Aga, Assad'o'llah, and whomsoever associates with them. Send cables to the Baha'i Assemblies of America. | BSTW#073e | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11617 | Cablegram dated 1913-12-10 | 10 | Eng | ARRIVED SAFELY HOLYLAND. ABBAS. | DAS.1913-12-09, SW_v04#15 p.258 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11315 | Cablegram dated 1914-01-22 | 30 | Eng | Verily in this most great calamity the eyes wept tears and the hearts burned. Perfect resignation is incumbent upon you in this supreme hour of stupendous trial. | DAS.1914-01-22 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11122 | Cablegram dated 1914-06-19 | 40 | Eng | AS I HAVE UTMOST LOVE FOR BELIEVERS I AWAKEN THEM DOCTOR FAREED WITH HIS MOTHER AND HIS RELATIONS ARE VIOLATORS OF THE COVENANT.... | DAS.1914-06-18n, BSTW#073f | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11467 | Cablegram dated 1914-06-29 | 20 | Eng | DOCTOR FAREED HIS MOTHER AND RELATIONS ARE GREAT VIOLATORS OF COVENANT. ASSOCIATION WITH THEM TOTALLY FORBIDDEN. INFORM BELIEVERS.. | BSTW#073f | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11591 | Cablegram dated 1914-10-29 | 10 | Eng | Invite speakers men and women having power delivering speeches. Divine confirmations assured. | DAS.1914-10-29 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11465 | Cablegram dated 1914-11-09 | 20 | Eng | A tree without root shall not last. Be ye confident. I supplicate for you the Bestowals of the Almighty. | DAS.1914-11-09 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11566 | Cablegram dated 1914-11-09 | 20 | Eng | Rest ye confident in the Divine Grace. I love you and I am with you. | DAS.1914-11-09 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11466 | Cablegram dated 1914-11-28 | 20 | Eng | Bernard enjoys Eternal Life. He will not die... My health is perfect. I supplicate Confirmation for all. | DAS.1914-11-27 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11618 | Cablegram dated 1914-11-28 | 10 | Eng | Health perfect. Greeting to all. | DAS.1914-11-27 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11582 | Cablegram dated 1921-02-15 | 10 | Eng | All affairs concerning Universal Temple referred General Convention. I cannot interfere, submit everything Convention. | SW_v12#01 p.019 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB11469 | Cablegram dated 1921-03 ca. | 20 | Eng | Miss Kappes very happy. I invite world be not grieved. Apply to Mr. Vail, Urbana, for substitute. Elizabeth [Stewart] left for Teheran. | SW_v11#19 p.321 | Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11470 | Cablegram dated 1921-03 ca. | 20 | Eng | Supplicating Lord of the Kingdom to submerge these two blessed souls in the ocean of His Mercy. | SW_v11#19 p.321 | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB11598 | Cablegram dated ca. 1914-07-04 | 10 | Eng | Former cablegram correct. Protect Cause according contents. Inform Remey. | BSTW#073g | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00033 | 1760 | mixed | مراسله آنجناب واصل و بر وقوعات و هذیان مفتریان اطلاع حاصل گردید از اینگونه | Thy letter was received, and the doings and ravings of the calumniators described therein have been noted [4o] | INBA59:254 | BRL_DAK#0725, MKT5.118, MSHR3.097x | Consolation and comfort; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Petitions to authorities; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00034 | 1750 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | و انی اتقرب الیک یا الهی فی جنح هذه اللیله الظلماء و اناجیک بلسان سری مهتزا | O my Lord! I have drawn nigh unto Thee, in the depths of this darksome night, confiding in Thee with the tongue of my heart | INBA16:037, INBA75:029x | MKT6.081, MKT4.185, MNMK#002 p.007x, MNMK#089 p.158x, MMK1#002 p.004, MILAN.072, AKHA_128BE #04 p.ax, AKHA_135BE #05 p.95x, AYBY.373 #058, DUR2.048x, ADH2.027x, ADH2_1#14 p.024x, MJMJ1.042x, MMG2#301 p.334x, MJH.007x, YHA1.365x (2.731), YHA1.371x (2.744) | SWAB#002, TAB.366-375, ADJ.026x | M. Saraswati, Andreas & Amal, L. Slott | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Spiritual springtime; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||
| AB00037 | 1710 | mixed | حمدا لمن لاح برهانه و ظهر سلطانه و عم احسانه و بانت محجته البیضاء و ظهر شریعته | Praise be unto Him Whose proof hath shone forth, Whose dominion hath been made manifest, Whose bounties have encompassed all, Whose clear path hath appeared, and Whose Law hath been revealed [3.5s] | INBA89:133 | BRL_DAK#0721, MKT1.382, DWNP_v3#11 p.021-022x, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.010-014x, ANDA#73 p.05x, YHA1.329x, YHA1.341x, HYB.131x, AMIN.135-144 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for forgiveness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00038 | 1700 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان و مرد میدان مکاتیب متعدده آنجناب واصل و بر کیفیت اطلاع حاصل... از جمله اخبارات بظهور مبارک در کتاب دانیال | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and a champion in the field! Numerous letters from thee were received and their contents were noted... Among them were the tidings concerning the blessed Manifestation in the Book of Daniel [3.5s] | MMK3#102 p.067x, MMK4#166 p.182x, YMM.154x, YMM.211x, YMM.367x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Prayer for strength; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Reincarnation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00041 | 1600 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما فتحت ابواب ملکوت العظمه و الجلال علی وجوه احبائک و ظللت | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! For Thou hast opened the Doors of the Kingdom of Grandeur | INBA16:076 | MKT4.162b, MMK5#094 p.075, AMK.187-194, BBBD.332-334, MAS5.287x, MJMJ2.026x, MMG2#076 p.083x, YHA1.280-281x, NJB_v05#12 p.001 | BBBD.334-339, DAS.1914-10-04, SW_v05#14 p.211-215+218, BSTW#348 | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Praise and encouragement; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00042 | 1590 | mixed | یا من فدی روحه و فواده و ذاته و کینونته و ماله و علیه فی سبیل جمال اشرقت | O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit and heart, thy being and essence, thy substance and all thou possessest in the path of the resplendent Beauty [3.5s] | MMK5#133 p.103 | Call to action; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Law of obligatory prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00045 | 1530 | mixed | Light of the World | و انت الذی یا الهی تقدست اسمائک الحسنی و تنزهت امثالک العلیا عن ادراک عقول | Thou art He, O my God, Whose most beauteous names and most sublime likenesses are sanctified above the comprehension | CMB_F65.001-005x, PR12.001x | NURA#72, MMK4#173 p.196 | LOTW#72 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Limits of the intellect; Power of the Manifestation of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Suffering and imprisonment; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00048 | 1480 | mixed | Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of; Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | اللهم یا الهی و محبوبی و مطلوبی و مقصودی ان هذا یوم الاول من الرضوان قد اتی | O Lord, my God, my Best-Beloved, my Aim, my heart’s Desire! This, verily, is the first of the days of Ridvan… In the realm of worship, fasting and obligatory prayer constitute the two mightiest pillars of God’s holy Law | BRL_DAK#0717, NURA#06, MMK4#029 p.027x | BRL_IOPF#2.02x, LOTW#06 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Holy Days and the Baha'i calendar; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Law of obligatory prayer; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00050 | 1460 | mixed | Light of the World | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء جناب فاروقی بعد از زیارت بعتبه مقدسه و طواف مطاف ملا | O ye dear friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! After his visit to the Sacred Threshold, and the Centre round which circle in adoration the Concourse on high, Jinab-i-Farúqí came to stay with ‘Abdu’l-Baha | INBA87:394, INBA52:405 | NURA#28, MMK4#177 p.214x, ANDA#73 p.46, MSHR2.023x, MSHR3.051x | LOTW#28, LTDT.070x | Banishment to; life in Baghdad; Declaration of Baha'u'llah; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB00051 | 1450 | mixed | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضرآء هدفا للنبال مطعونا... در خصوص آقا میرزا بدیعاللّه مختصری بآنجناب مرقوم گردید | My God, my God! Thou seest me immersed in the depths of tribulation, submerged in seas of hardship and distress, a target for arrows, pierced and wounded [3.5s] | MMK5#027 p.020x, AMK.039-044 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00052 | 1450 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده حق در دورهای سابق آثار قدرت الهیه و حقیت امر هر چند واضح و باهر بود | O servant of the one true God! In cycles gone by, although the signs of God’s power and the truth of His Cause were clear and manifest, yet to outward seeming the divine tests were severe | INBA17:070 | NURA#73, MMK4#175 p.207, RHQM1.200-202 (249x) (148-150x), MAS5.289-292x | LOTW#73 | Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB00054 | 1430 | mixed | مولای مولای تقدس ذاتک عن درک العقول و الافهام و تنزهت هویتک عن الظنون | O my Lord, my Lord! Sanctified is Thine Essence above the comprehension of minds and understandings, and exalted is Thine Identity above all conjecture and fancy [3.5s] | MKT4.174, MILAN.106, AMK.021-024, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023bx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00055 | 1420 | mixed | Trustworthiness; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | اللهم یا من سبقت رحمته و کملت نعمته و احاطت قدرته و تمت حجته و ظهرت ایاته | Glory be unto Thee, O Thou whose mercy hath encompassed all things, whose gift is made perfect, whose power hath encircled the world… Ye who are the sincere well-wishers of the state, who are the dutiful and compliant subjects of the government | INBA16:185 | COMP_TRUSTP#53x, MILAN.132, AVK3.287.07x | BRL_TRUST#52x, TAB.395-404, COC#2064x, LOG#1473x, TEW.029-035 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||
| AB00060 | 1380 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید مضمون بسیار عجیب زیرا این شبهات تازه اشتهار | O one who is firm in the Covenant! Your letter has arrived. Its contents are very strange, for these doubts are not newly widespread… As to the differences among human beings | BRL_DAK#0659, MKT1.374, MKT9.077, MNMK#145 p.265, AKHA_105BE #11 p.02, PYM.305, MJTB.032, VAA.082-086, MJDF.040 | COC#0587x, KSHK#30 | Blind imitation [taqlid]; Differences in human capacity; Education of children; moral education; Materialism; material vs. spiritual civilization; Passage of elementary matter through degrees of existence; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Prophecy and fulfillment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00064 | 1290 | mixed | الهی الهی لا احصی ثناء علیک و کیف احصی الثناء و قد ذهلت عقول اولی العرفان عن | My God, my God! I cannot reckon my praise unto Thee. How can I recount Thy praise when the minds of them that are endued with understanding are astounded? [3.5s] | AYBY.417 #130, TRZ1.275 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00065 | 1270 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Social Action; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | الحمد لله الذی کشف الظلام و محی الغمام و کشف الحجاب و ازال النقاب فلاحت | Praise be to Him Who hath rent the dark asunder, hath blotted out the night, hath drawn aside the coverings and torn away the veils... O my Lord and my Hope! Help Thou Thy loved ones to be steadfast in Thy mighty Covenant... O God, my God! Praise be unto Thee for kindling the fire of divine love... Exert every effort in the fields of development and of civilization | MKT2.202, MMK1#206 p.245, MILAN.163b, AKHA_135BE #01 p.02, AHB.107BE #06 p.116, BCH.006x, ADH2.102, ADH2_2#19 p.128, MMG2#015 p.013, NSR_1978.132x, NSR_1993.145x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.372x | SWAB#206, BRL_SOCIAL#014x, BPRY.071-072x, BPRY.234-235x, DWN_v3#01 p.011ax | N. Chiang, Soulrise Melodies, S. Toloui-Wallace | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Spiritual springtime; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00067 | 1250 | mixed | Light of the World | ای بنده حق صبح هدی چون از افق اعلی طلوع نمود پرتوش بشارت کبری بود و مژده اش | O servant of the one true God! When the Morn of divine guidance dawned above the Most Exalted Horizon, its rays brought tidings of great joy | BRL_DAK#0718, NURA#05, MMK4#143 p.145, MSHR1.123x, MSHR4.053x | LOTW#05 | Literal interpretation; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Rejection of Muhammad | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00069 | 1250 | mixed | لابتهلن الیک یا الهی و اتضرعن بین یدیک متذللا منکسرا الی ملکوتک الاعلی | I implore Thee, O my God, and beseech Thee with lowliness and contrition, before Thy Most Exalted Kingdom [3.5s] | INBA87:629, INBA52:673 | Health and healing; material and spiritual healing; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00071 | 1230 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و از مضمون حزن شدید حاصل گردید زیرا دلالت بر | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Thy letter hath arrived, and from its contents profound sorrow was produced, for it indicated [3.5s] | MKT3.146, PYB#160 p.15x, MJMJ2.016bx, MMG2#165 p.188x | Justice and wrath of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for martyrs; Prayer for peace and unity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00072 | 1230 | mixed | ای غلام حق بر مضمون شکایت مشحون مکتوب اطلاع حاصل گردید نهایت استغراب حاصل چه | O servant of Truth! The contents of thy plaint-laden letter have become known, and have occasioned the utmost astonishment [3.5s] | INBA17:205 | MMK5#273 p.208x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00073 | 1230 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | صبح است و نور احدیت از مطلع غیب رحمانیت ساطع و لامع و فیض جلیل ملیک فردانیت | It is daybreak, and from the rising-point of the invisible realms of God, the light of unity is dawning... O Thou kind Lord! We are servants of Thy Threshold, taking shelter at Thy holy Door. | INBA88:324b, INBA89:060 | MKT1.362, MNMK#091 p.163, MMK1#193 p.221, AVK3.184.14x, DWNP_v1#10-11 p.003-005x, ADH2_1#30 p.048x, MJMJ1.118x, MMG2#389 p.436x, YHA1.101x, GHA.307x, HYB.175x, MMJA.018x | SWAB#193, BPRY.023-024x, LOG#0323x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Growth of the Cause; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||
| AB00076 | 1210 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء حمد خدا را که این زندانرا بهر یاران ایوان فرمود و این سجن اعظم را گلشن | O Friends of ‘Abdu’l-Baha! Let us thank God that He has made from this prison a palace for the friends, and from this exalted dungeon, the garden of Baha’u’llah's bounties! …All that is revealed through divine inspiration is the evident truth | INBA75:063x | BRL_DAK#0638, MKT2.105, MILAN.126, AKHA_106BE #07 p.07x, AMK.025-029, DWNP_v5#01 p.002-003x, BCH.204x, ADH2_1#48 p.073x, MJMJ1.063x, MMG2#311 p.349x, MJH.022x, YHA1.430x, VUJUD.140-141x | BBBD.041-045, VUJUDE.155.14x | Consolation and comfort; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Greek philosophers; Greek civilization; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Imagery in the Qur'an; Muhammad; Islam; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Religion as source; stimulus of knowledge and science | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00079 | 1200 | mixed | Translation List | الهی الهی هولاء عباد کشفت عن اعینهم الغطاء و جزلت لهم العطاء و نورت ابصارهم | O my God, my God! These are servants from whose eyes Thou hast lifted the veil, upon whom Thou hast bestowed abundant bounties, and whose vision Thou hast illumined [3.5s]... ...during His days in Iraq, the Blessed Beauty went into seclusion for two years. So concealed was the nominee of the Bab | MMK4#174 p.202, MMK6#566, ASAT5.356-361 | ADMS#160x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00080 | 1190 | mixed | ای دوستان راستان صبحست و دلبر امرالله در نهایت صباحت و ملاحت جلوه بافاق نموده | O ye true friends! Morn hath broken, and the beloved of God's Cause have appeared on the horizons in supreme grace and beauty [3.5s] | INBA16:091, INBA89:176 | BRL_DAK#0724, MKT4.061, MILAN.091b, AVK2.239.07x, YHA1.370 (2.743) | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement; Unity of thought and belief; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00082 | 1190 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و هتکت الحجاب و اوقدت سراج الهدی فی قلوب | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having rent asunder the veil, torn away the shroud and kindled the lamp of guidance within the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0063, MKT1.347 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Events in the life and ministry of the Bab; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Prophecy and fulfillment; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00084 | 1170 | mixed | ای دوستان حقیقی شما آگاهید که در ایران حاسدان و علمای رسوم بهم پیوستند | O ye true friends! Ye well know that in Persia the jealous ones and the divines of empty ritual have joined together [3.5s] | INBA16:096 | BRL_DAK#0581, MMK5#012 p.007, QT105.2.271x, QT108.144-145x | Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Status of kings; future of monarchy; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00088 | 1160 | mixed | یا سلیل الرجل الجلیل نامه مفصل شما ملاحظه گردید و از حوادث الیمه ایران | O scion of that noble soul! Thy detailed letter was considered, and the grievous events in Iran were noted [3.5s] | PYK.278, MSHR2.233x | Non-participation in politics; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00089 | 1150 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد بما اشرقت انوار الفلاح و النجاح و تبلج صباح | Glorified art Thou, O my God! All praise be unto Thee for causing the lights of success and prosperity to shine, and the dawn to break forth in splendor [3.5s] | MMK6#396, YMM.402x | Chastisement and requital; Literal interpretation; Prayer for protection; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00093 | 1140 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | امروز ربّ الجنود حامی میثاق است و قوای ملکوت محافظ میثاق و نفوس آسمانی خادم میثاق و فرشتههای ملکوتی | O ye two blessed souls! Your letter was received. Praise be to God… Today, the Lord of Hosts is the defender of the Covenant | MNMK#127 p.243x, MMK1#192 p.221x, MAS9.150x, BSMR.039, HMQ.085 | SWAB#192x, SW_v11#14 p.240-243 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00101 | 1270 | mixed | ایها المنادون باسم الله المهیمن القیوم در این ایام سهام بغضا از جمیع انحا... این ایام تازگی امت بیحیا خدعهئی نمودهاند و مکر و دسیسهئی مجری داشتهاند | O ye who call out in the name of God, the Protecting, the Self-Subsisting! In these days, the arrows of hatred from all directions [3.5s]... ...The martyr, Haji Mirza Jani, had written a few chapters, brief and incomplete, on the history of the Faith. These were in the possession of Aqa Muhammad-Rida, the nephew of Dhabih | BRL_DAK#0448, RHQM1.450-454 (549x) (334-337x), MSHR1.123-124x, HBAB.044 | EGBBF.065x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Review of publications | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00106 | 1070 | mixed | نامه مفصل شما که بتاریخ غره محرم بود رسید از قرائتش تاثرات قلبیه حاصل گردید | Your detailed letter, which was dated the first of Muharram, was received, and its perusal stirred the heart with deep emotion [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0546, MKT3.154, TAH.242x, DUR4.501, MAS5.277, MAS9.135, MSHR5.206x, NNY.065-068 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Martyrs and martyrdom; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Stories; anecdotes; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00108 | 1040 | mixed | الهی الهی تری و تشهد ذلی و هوانی و قله نصرتی و شده کربتی و عظیم بلائی و شدید | My God, my God! Thou dost witness and behold my lowliness and abasement, my lack of helpers, the intensity of my grief, the magnitude of my tribulation, and my severe affliction [3.5s] | INBA13:332x | MMK6#485, MSHR4.051x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Seal of the Prophets; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00111 | 1030 | mixed | ای یاران الهی و دوستان حقیقی پروردگار عالمیان جمیع کائنات را بفیض رحمانیت از | O ye divine friends and true companions of the Lord of the worlds! Through His all-embracing bounty He hath brought forth all created things [3.5s] | INBA55:295, INBA88:063 | MMK2#122 p.094, MMK3#154 p.107 | Creation of the world; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00112 | 1020 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای متوجهین بمنظر اعلی در لیل و نهار و صباح و مساء و عشی و ضحی در عوالم قلب | O ye who have turned your faces toward the Exalted Beauty! By night, by day, at morningtide and sunset | INBA88:098 | MKT1.368, MNMK#098 p.179, MMK1#207 p.250, YHA1.373-374x, DLS.319 | SWAB#207, BWF.401-402x, DAS.1915-04-01, BSC.359 #686, SW_v07#05 p.036-038x, SW_v08#13 p.179x | M. Sparrow (1), M. Sparrow (2), Heroes Teaching Conference, K. Porray | Call to action; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Sacrifice of the Manifestation of God redeems the world; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; Unity; oneness of humanity; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||
| AB00113 | 1010 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و انقلابات مشهد و اطراف خراسان معلوم گردید و | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received and the upheavals in Mashhad and throughout Khurasan became known [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0583, MSBH4.552-556, MUH3.197-200 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Martyrs and martyrdom; Parliaments; constitutional government; Past, present and future of Iran; Predictions and prophecies; Relationship between government and people | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00114 | 1010 | mixed | ای مونس سفر من هر چند جواب نامه مرقوم و ارسال گردید ولی حال دوباره از شدت محبت | O companion of my travels! … The great Qa’im-Maqam has said, “The body of the mulla is the object of God’s ridicule,” | INBA84:371 | RRT.127x, SFI18.279ax | LOIR20.175ax | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00115 | 1000 | mixed | جهانبانا مظلوم پناها داد پرورا عدالت گسترا عرض بینوایان به پیشگاه حضور | O Sovereign of the World, O Shelter of the Oppressed, O Upholder of Justice! We humbly present the supplications of the destitute in the court of Thy presence [3.5s] | ASNS.283-284x | Justice and mercy; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00116 | 1200 | mixed | Light of the World | سبحانک اللهم تقدس ادنی ایه من ایات ملکوتک عن المحامد و النعوت فی جمیع الشئون... درین ایام صنادید شیطانرا اسیر خذلان کرد و فسادشانرا واضح و عیان | Glorified art Thou, O God! The least of the signs of Thy Kingdom is, under all conditions, sanctified above all description and praise | UMich962.140-141x, UMich991.097-098x | NURA#41, MMK4#081 p.090x, ASAT3.041-042x, ASAT4.058x, AVK1.009.10x, AVK4.015.13x, AVK4.308x | LOTW#41 | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Impossibility of true worship of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00120 | 990 | mixed | ای یاران باوفای جمال مبارک هر چند مصائبی که در نیریز بر یاران عزیز وارد رستخیز بود | O ye faithful companions of the Blessed Beauty! Although the tribulations which befell the dear friends in Nayríz are recent | LMA2.413-417, MSHR4.321-322x, MSHR5.319x, NANU_AB#33, MLK.089, TAN.137-139, NYMG.177 | NYR#123 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00121 | 990 | mixed | Light of the World | و انک انت یا الهی قد خلقت الاکوان و برئت الانسان و ذرئت الموجودات و اوجدت | O my God! Verily, Thou hast created the universe and fashioned the human soul. Thou hast brought forth the entire creation | INBA89:085 | NURA#63, MMK4#158 p.170x, AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.48x, AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.414x | GPB.238x, GPB.238-239x, LOTW#63 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Creation of the world; Primordial Covenant; the day of alast; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||
| AB00122 | 980 | mixed | الهی الهی انک لتعلم ان قلبی ممتلا بحب احبائک و روحی متعلق بروح اصفیائک و صدری | O my God! O my God! Thou knowest, verily, that my heart is replete… O ye friends of God and assistants of Abdu'l-Baha: When the Sun of Truth was concealed... I ask one favor of all the friends of God: It is the wish of my soul | MKT1.259, MMK5#205 p.157, YHA1.015x | SW_v08#15 p.210x, SW_v08#13 p.180x | Ascension of Baha'u'llah; Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00124 | 980 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان الان که در ارض مصر هجرتگاه یوسف کنعانی مدینه اسکندریه در | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! Now that thou art in the land of Egypt, the place of exile of Joseph of Canaan, in Alexandria [3.5s] | MMK6#104x, TZH8.0841, ANDA#73 p.46, MAS5.129 | Ottoman commissions of investigation; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00125 | 980 | mixed | ای ناظر بملکوت الهی در ایامیکه جمال قدم و اسم اعظم بانوار اشراق افق عراقرا | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of God! In the days when the Ancient Beauty and the Most Great Name illumined the horizon of Iraq with effulgent rays [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0306, MKT2.116, MILAN.170, YMM.190x | Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Proofs of the Manifestations of God; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Special knowledge of the Manifestation of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00126 | 980 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا منائی علی ما مننت به علی اصفیائک و انعمت به | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, and all thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Heart's Desire, for Thy gracious favors bestowed upon Thy chosen ones and the blessings Thou hast granted [3.5s] | MMK5#158 p.123 | Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Light and darkness; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transcendence; unknowability of God; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00127 | 980 | mixed | و انی یا الهی اتقرب الیک بنفوس اضطرمت فی قلوبهم نار محبتک و انسجمت دموعهم فی | O my God! I draw nigh unto Thee through souls in whose hearts the fire of Thy love hath blazed forth and whose tears have streamed down [3.5s] | MMK5#232 p.180 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00128 | 970 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء و اماء رحمن صبح است و نسیم جانپرور جنت ابهی بجمیع | O ye beloved of Abdu'l-Baha and ye handmaids of the Merciful! It is early morning, and the reviving winds of the Abha Paradise... O God, my God! These are Thy feeble servants | INBA85:270 | MKT8.239b, MNMK#095 p.175, MMK1#008 p.020, AKHA_133BE #14 p.396 | SWAB#008, BPRY.178-179x, TAB.387-390, BSC.492 #949x, DWN_v5#05 p.003-005, TEW.025-027 | E. Mahony, The Bird & The Butterfly, Sophie, Siria & Ashkan | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||
| AB00129 | 960 | mixed | الهی الهی تری حالی و ضری و بلائی و ذلی و ابتلائی و توجعی و تفجعی و تزعزعی | My God, My God! Thou seest my state, my distress, my tribulation, my abasement, my affliction, my anguish, my grief and my dismay [3.5s] | INBA16:048, INBA84:543 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for protection; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00130 | 960 | mixed | ای حضرت شهید و ایادی امرالله نامه ایکه بتاریخ ۱۹ ربیع الاول ۱۳۳۷ مرقوم نموده | O illustrious martyr and Hand of the Cause of God! Thy letter dated the nineteenth of Rabi'u'l-Avval 1337 [3.5s] | MMK6#344x, AVK4.479ax, AVK4.479bx, PYK.282, MSHR2.162x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Religion as basis of morality; of divine civilization; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00132 | 960 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Translation List | ای یاران رحمانی عبدالبهاء نامه شما که بتاریخ سنبله ۱۳۰۰ نمرو ۱۲۳۳ مورخ بود | O ye loving friends of Abdu'l-Baha! Your letter, dated Sunbulih 1300, number 1233, was received [3.5s]... ...In short, O ye beloved of the Lord! Regard ye not the tyranny and iniquity of the ignorant | BRL_DAK#0580, MMK6#203, PYM.114bx, MSHR4.398x, MUH1.0526x, MJDF.122 | BRL_ATE#157x, ADMS#065i11x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00133 | 960 | mixed | تعالیت یا الهی بعلو تقدیسک عن محامد الکائنات و تسامیت بسمو تنزیهک عن نعوت | Exalted art Thou, O my God, in the transcendence of Thy sanctity above the praise of all created things, and sublime art Thou in the loftiness of Thy detachment from the attributes [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0564, ASAT2.167-168x, KHAF.118-122, TISH.585x, MATA.070x | Eulogies; reminiscences; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for the departed; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Shrines and Holy places; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00135 | 950 | mixed | ای دوستان الهی و مشتعلان بنار محبت رحمانی در این خاکدان ترابی آشیانه نمودن | O friends of God and ye who are enkindled with the fire of divine love! Ye have made your nest in this dusty realm of clay [3.5s] | INBA88:084 | MKT4.054, MILAN.159, BSHN.140.208, BSHN.140.356, BSHN.144.208, BSHN.144.354, DUR4.814, MHT1a.171x, MHT1b.129x, MHT2.156, QALAM.011-012 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Suffering and imprisonment; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00137 | 940 | mixed | الهی الهی لک الحمد بما رفعت رایه فردانیتک و اریت الکل ایات رحمانیتک و هدیت هولاء | O God! O God! Praise be unto Thee for Thou hast unfurled the Flag of Thy Singleness, caused everyone to witness the signs of Thy Mercifulness | INBA87:135, INBA52:132 | SFI17.014-015 | DAS.1913-11-22x | Critique of Eastern values; culture; Praise of Western values; culture; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00139 | 940 | mixed | در این وقت که بلبل گلزار بقا قصد آشیان وفا نموده و شاهد انجمن عاشقین عزم دیار | At this hour, when the nightingale of the eternal rose garden hath taken wing toward the nest of faithfulness, and the Beloved of the gathering of lovers hath departed for His realm [3.5s]... ...Such hath been the interposition of God that the joy evinced by them hath been turned to chagrin and sorrow, so much so that the Persian consul-general in Baghdad regrets exceedingly | BRL_DAK#0787, MMK4#035 p.035, AHB.121BE #07 p.226, TZH4.299, HHA.015-020, MSHR2.169x | GPB.150x, ABCC.016-017x | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00140 | 940 | mixed | و انت تعلم یا الهی مبلغ حبی و فرط هیامی و عظیم ودادی و شده تعلقی بافنان سدره | Thou knowest, O my God, the extent of my love, the intensity of my yearning, the magnitude of my affection, and the depth of my attachment to the boughs of the Divine Lote-Tree [4o] | INBA87:293, INBA52:297 | Call to action; Exhortations and counsels; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for pilgrims; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Review of publications | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00146 | 930 | mixed | خداوندیرا ستاایم و پرستش نماایم که جهان هستی را بپرتو بخشایش زینت و آرایش | All praise and worship be unto God, Who hath adorned the world of being with the resplendent rays of His grace [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0572, MMK3#152 p.104, PYB#112-113 p.05 | All things are in motion; kinds of motion; Human reality created in the image of God; Man's distinction from the animal; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise of Eastern values; culture; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Unity of governments; political unity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00147 | 930 | mixed | ایها الابتهاج کن کالسراج الوهاج فی زجاج محبت الله با ابتهاج روحانیان گردی | O thou who art radiant! Be thou even as a resplendent lamp within the glass of the love of God, that thou mayest be among those who are spiritually joyous [3.5s] | MKT5.222, BSHN.140.472ax, BSHN.144.465ax, DUR4.805x, MHT1a.085x | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00148 | 930 | mixed | بکمال ثبوت و رسوخ در حفظ و صیانت حصن حصین امر اللّه بکوشید و در ثبوت و استقامت بر عهد و پیمان الهی | With the utmost steadfastness and constancy strive ye to preserve and protect the impregnable fortress of the Cause of God, and remain firm and immovable in your faithfulness to the divine Covenant [3.5s] | MMK5#214 p.164x | Business; financial; property matters; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Growth of the Cause; Power of prayer; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00149 | 920 | mixed | الهی الهی ترانی خائضا فی غمار البلاء و غریقا فی بحار الباساء و الضراء هدفا للنصال مطعونا | My God, my God! Thou beholdest me plunged in an ocean of tribulation, drowned in the seas of hardship and suffering, a target for arrows, pierced through [3.5s] | INBA87:372, INBA52:381 | MMK5#011 p.005, ASAT4.298, QT108.145-146 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Martyrs and martyrdom; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00150 | 920 | mixed | ای حضرت امین علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه خدمات آنجناب در آستان الهی چه در ایام ظهور | O thou Trusted One! Upon thee be the Glory of God and His praise! Thy services at the Divine Threshold, in the days of His Manifestation [3.5s] | INBA88:214, INBA89:036 | MMK4#144 p.150, RHQM1.616 (750bx) (460x), MAS5.222x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00151 | 920 | mixed | Takfir, declaration of unbelief; Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet on the Functioning of the Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence; Universal House of Justice, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence | ای متشبث بذیل المیثاق منشور مسطور منظور آمد و سوالات مفصله ملاحظه گردید ولو | O thou who hast clung to the hem of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and thy questions were noted [3.5s]... ...Those matters of major importance which constitute the foundation of the Law of God are explicitly recorded in the Text, but subsidiary laws are left to the House of Justice | INBA72:012, INBA59:275b, INBA89:156 | BRL_DAK#0710, BRL_CUHJP#19x, AHB.120BE #03-06 p.05, DWNP_v3#05 p.033-035, RHQM1.302-304 (370) (222-223x) | BRL_CUHJ#19x, COC#0728x, COC#0763x, LOG#1068x, SW_v13#12 p.323-324x, PN_1906 p047, LOIR08.257, BLO_PT#006, BLO_PT#209 | Changing and unchanging parts of religion; House of Justice; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Laws of marriage and dowry | - | - | ||||||
| AB00154 | 920 | mixed | یا الهی الحنون ترانی من ملکوت تقدیسک و جبروت توحیدک بین یدی عصبه ذاب کاسره | O my Compassionate God! From Thy Kingdom of holiness and the Realm of Thy oneness Thou beholdest me before a fierce and predatory band [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0781, MKT1.267, DUR3.076, YHA1.377x, MSBR.160-164x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00155 | 910 | mixed | ایها الفرع الرفیع من السدره المبارکه آنچه از قلم تحریر تسطیر شد ببصر دقیق | O exalted branch of the Blessed Tree! That which was written by the pen of communication passed before these eyes with keen attention [3.5s]... ...In this day, should a person pay attention to the insinuations of the doubters by a needle’s eye, of a certainty he would fall, in such wise that there would be no remedy | INBA87:297, INBA52:301 | AFNAN.138x | Business; financial; property matters; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00156 | 910 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ترانی یا الهی خاضعا خاشعا متصدعا بما امرت من عندک متذللا الی ملکوتک مضطربا من | Thou seest me, O my God, bowed down in lowliness, humbling myself before Thy commandments, submitting to Thy sovereignty | MNMK#134 p.249, MMK1#190 p.218, MJMJ2.090x, MMG2#402 p.448x | SWAB#190, BPRY.201-203x | Acquiescence and resignation; contentment; Power of prayer; Prayer for sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00160 | 900 | mixed | حمدا لمن اشرق و طلع و لاح من الافق الاعلی و بشر بطلوع نیر الافاق من مطلع | Praise be unto Him Who hath shone forth, arisen, and gleamed from the Most Exalted Horizon, and Who hath heralded the dawning of the Day-Star of the horizons from the Dayspring [3.5s] | INBA85:129 | MMK6#192 | Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection by the people of the Bayan | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00161 | 890 | mixed | ای ثابت عهد و راسخ پیمان نامه شما در بهترین زمانی وارد زیرا سالهای چند بود که | O thou who art firm in the Covenant and steadfast in the Testament! Your letter has been received in the best of time. | INBA84:377 | BRL_DAK#0547, MSHR3.365x, NJB_v10#02 p.025 | SW_v10#02 p.024-027 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Predictions and prophecies; Prophecy and fulfillment; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00163 | 890 | mixed | ای یاران جان و وجدان عبدالبهاء جناب نصرالله خان الحمد لله در صون حمایت جمال | O ye spiritual friends and companions in conscience of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Jináb-i-Naṣru'lláh Khán, praised be God, under the sheltering protection [3.5s] | MSHR2.319 | Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00164 | 890 | mixed | یا من ادخره الله لخدمه امره و اعلاء کلمته آنچه مرقوم فرموده بودید قرائت | O thou whom God hath reserved for the service of His Cause and the exaltation of His Word! That which thou hadst written was read [3.5s] | MMK2#039 p.029 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00165 | 880 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای منادی میثاق نامه های محرر چون جامهای مکرر نشئه صهباء داشت و نفحه حدیقه | O herald of the Covenant! Thy letters, like chalices filled repeatedly, carried the exhilaration of heavenly wine and the fragrance of the garden [3.5s]... ...This is my firm, my unshakable conviction, the essence of my unconcealed and explicit belief -- a conviction and belief which the denizens of the Abha Kingdom fully share… Therefore, in this day the doors of contention must be barred and the causes of strife prevented | INBA21:160b, INBA72:059, INBA88:076 | BRL_DAK#0060, MKT2.247, AVK4.291bx, YHA1.014x | BRL_ATE#094x, WOB.133x | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Importance of authoritative interpretation; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||
| AB00170 | 870 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | اللهم یا هادی الامم الی ظل اسمک الاعظم و رافع رایه نور القدم فی قطب العالم | O God! O Thou Who guideth the nations beneath the shadow of Thy Most Great Name and Who hath raised the banner of the ancient Light in the midmost heart of the world [3.5s]... ...There are two Books: one is the Book of Creation and the other is the Written Book | BRL_DAK#0658, MKT1.433 | BRL_ATE#199x, RESP.013x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Disregarding individual capacity; weakness; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Material and spiritual existence; two books; Material world a reflection of the spiritual; Prayer for peace and unity; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00171 | 870 | mixed | Trustworthiness; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای جنود حیات شرق و غرب پرستش نجوم آفله نمایند و عبادت آفاق مظلمه از اس اساس | O Army of Life! East and West have joined to worship stars of faded splendor and have turned in prayer unto darkened horizons.... The essential purpose of Faith and Belief is to ennoble the inner being of man with the outpourings of grace from on high.... He is a true Baha'i who strives by day and by night | BRL_DAK#0788, COMP_TRUSTP#65x, MKT4.050, AVK3.005, MMG2#013 p.011x, YMM.067 | BRL_TRUST#64x, COC#0784x, COC#2076x, LOG#0245x, SW_v16#06 p.053x, DWN_v4#08-9 p.113-114x, DWN_v5#06 p.002-003x, BW_v01p012 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Creation of the world; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00174 | 870 | mixed | Light of the World | یا من عتبتک السامیه ملجای و ملاذی و ساحت قدسک مرجعی و معاذی اتضرع بقلب مضطرم | O Thou Whose exalted Threshold is my haven and my refuge, Whose hallowed Sanctuary is my shelter and my abode | NURA#39, MMK4#078 p.083 | LOTW#39 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00176 | 860 | mixed | ای قاصر از مخاطبت هر عبارتی نامه نامی در بهترین وقتی واصل و مدار تسلی خاطر | O thou who falleth short in thy correspondence! Thy gracious letter arrived at a most propitious time and brought solace to my heart [3.5s] | CMB_F66#20, | BRL_DAK#0633, MAS9.109 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00177 | 860 | mixed | ای یاران دل و جان جهانرا ظلمت غفلت احاطه نموده و افق عالم را ابرهای تاریک | O ye the beloved of my heart and soul! The world of being is encompassed by mankind's heedlessness and all horizons are hidden by dark clouds. The world of humanity has become afflicted by hardship | MKT4.114, PYM.264x, MSHR5.210x, YHA1.144x, YHA1.425-426x, KHH1.333-335 (1.464) | KHHE.471-474 | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Predictions and prophecies; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Prophecy and fulfillment; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00178 | 860 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء نامه شما رسید الحمد لله بشارت صحت و سلامت دوستان حقیقی | O ye spiritual friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Your letter was received. Praise be to God that it brought tidings of the health and well-being of the true friends [3.5s] | MKT3.283, AVK4.202.08x, AVK4.325ax | Law of burial and cremation; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Supreme tribunal; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00179 | 860 | mixed | یا اباالفضائل و امة و اخیه چندیست که بوی خوش معانی از ریاض قلب آن معین عرفان | O thou father, mother and brother of Faza'il! It has been a long time since | INBA13:024, INBA55:240 | MKT1.276, AHB.119BE #03 p.96, DWNP_v1#09 p.001-003, TZH8.1134, MSBH2.323, SAAF.234-237, NJB_v04#19 p.001, NJB_v13#05 p.00128 | SW_v13#05 p.107-109 | Call to action; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00180 | 860 | mixed | یا من استبشر ببشارات الله در این قرن اعظم مبارک که آفتاب روشن قرون اولی | O thou who art rejoiced by the glad-tidings of God in this most great and blessed century wherein shineth the resplendent Sun of former ages [3.5s] | MKT1.342, MNMK#122 p.233, QT105.2.164, AVK1.008.13x, YHA1.016x, YHA1.017x, YHA1.381x, NJB_v05#14 p.002 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity of thought and belief | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00181 | 850 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان مدتی بود مدیده که از یاران الهی مکاتیب عدیده رسید ولی از موانع | O herald of the Covenant! For some time now numerous letters have been received from the friends of God, but due to impediments [3.5s] | MSHR3.357-359 | Contention and conflict; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00182 | 850 | mixed | ای یاران و اماء رحمن چون پادشاه مخلوع عثمانیان عبدالحمید بظلم و طغیان قیام | O ye friends and the maidservants of the Merciful! When the deposed Sultan | QT105.2.206, AVK3.185.01x, RHQM1.437-438 (534) (326x), ANDA#43-44 p.87, YHA1.099-100 (1.202), MLK.056, QT108.071, DLH2.190, NJB_v02#03 p.001-002 | SW_v02#04 p.006-007, BSTW#052lx | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Idle talk; backbiting; speaking ill of others; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00183 | 2430 | mixed | الهی الهی انت تعلم عجزی و انکساری و غلقی و اضطراری و وحشتی و اضطرابی فی جنح | O my God! O my God! Thou well knowest my utter helplessness, my extreme lowliness, my anxiety, my crying needs, my desolation and my perplexity | BRL_DAK#0652, HDQI.173-175x, ANDA#04 p.05-07x, MSHR2.207x, MSHR3.160x, VUJUD.017x | VUJUDE.024-025x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for forgiveness; Predictions and prophecies; Two aspects of the human soul; the higher and lower natures; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00188 | 830 | mixed | ای بنده حق نامه مفصل رسید و از روایات مذکوره نهایت استغراب حاصل گردید و معلوم شد | O servant of Truth! Thy detailed letter hath arrived, and from the account mentioned therein the utmost astonishment was occasioned, and it became evident [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0542, MKT1.337, MNMK#152 p.283, MILAN.118, AKHA_104BE #08 p.01, AVK1.200, BSHN.140.481, BSHN.144.474, DWNP_v4#02-3 p.014-016, MHT1a.117, MHT1b.075, YHA1.375-376x | Higher encompasses the lower; Purpose; goal of creation; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Soul; spirit after death; The lower is unable to comprehend the higher; Unity of existence [wahdatu'l-wujud] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00189 | 830 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء پیک امین رسید و پیام یاران الهی را در عالم روحانی | O ye spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! A trusted messenger hath arrived and hath, in the world of the spirit, delivered a message from God's loved ones.... In every dispensation the command of friendship and the law of love have been revealed... Now the believers of God must live in accord with these divine teachings.... O God, my God! Aid Thou Thy trusted servants to have loving and tender hearts. | MKT1.303, MNMK#090 p.162, MMK1#007 p.017, MILAN.141, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.255, BCH.110, MJMJ2.020ax, MMG2#074 p.081x, YHA1.371-372x (2.746) | SWAB#007, BPRY.201x, DAS.1913-07-26, SW_v08#11 p.140x, SW_v08#12 p.142x, ABIE.111, BLO_PN#007 | C. Serrano, G.H. Miller, Soulrise Melodies, R. Johnston-Garvin [track 1] | Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Loving community spirit in teaching the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00193 | 830 | mixed | حضرتش از فروع سدره منتهی و منتسب آستانه حضرت اعلی روحی له الفداء بود از بدو | His honour the Muvaqqaru'd-Dawlih was of the Afnan of the Divine Lote-Tree and one that was related to the Threshold of His Holiness | MKT3.238, KHAF.267 | GEN.349-352 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Soul; spirit after death; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00194 | 830 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لک الحمد و لک الشکر علی ما انعمت و آتیت و والیت و اعطیت | Praise be unto Thee, O my God! Thanks be unto Thee O my Beloved!... O ye friends of God! The joy and happiness of the people of faithfulness | BRL_DAK#0587, MKT1.288, AMK.073-076, AMK.079-082, HHA.109x, RHQM2.0700 (090x) (056-057x), LMA2.409, MAS5.186, MJMJ2.050, MMG2#085 p.093, YHA1.341x, YHA1.348x, YHA1.380x (2.689), MLK.087, QT108.045x, NYMG.142x?, NYMG.175x | SW_v01#03 p.001-004, SW_v08#18 p.235-236, NYR#124x and 202, BSTW#031, BSTW#373 | Call to action; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Sacred remains; burial of the Bab; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00195 | 820 | mixed | Scholarship; Light of the World | الهی الهی تسمع ضجیجی و صریخی و انینی و حنینی فی جنح اللیالی و تری ذلی | O God, my God! Thou hearest my sighs and bitter wailing, my cry and the voice of my lamentation...The Revelation of the Bab may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiac - the sign Aries… Pure souls, such as Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, upon him be the Glory of God, spend their nights and days in demonstrating the truth of the Revelation | BRL_DAK#0950, NURA#40, MMK4#080 p.087 | BRL_SCHOLAR#30x, GPB.099-100x, WOB.127x, WOB.167-168x, COC#2219x, LOTW#40 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; False claims to divine revelation or spiritual stations; Growth of the Cause; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00196 | 820 | mixed | Translation List | ای سلیل حضرت شهید عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه ۲۹ ربیع الثانی رسید و از تفاصیل اطلاع | O descendant of His Holiness the martyr! Thy letter of the 29th of Rabi'u'th-Thani was received, and from its contents I have learned [3.5s]... ...The Teachings of Baha'o'llah, the laws of this Cause and the principles of this Manifestation have no deniers. The world is like unto a thirsty fish | INBA85:495 | BRL_DAK#0590, MKT2.257, AMK.155-159, AHB.127BE #05-06 p.154, PYM.112ax, MAS5.090, YHA1.380-381x, YHA1.417x | DAS.1913-12-30x, ADMS#065i05x | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Prophecy and fulfillment; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The Holy Spirit; Being a channel for the Holy Spirit in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00197 | 820 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Letter to Martha Root; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای عاشقان حقیقت و خادمان عالم انسانی چون از گلشن افکار و نوایای شما بوی خوشی | O ye lovers of truth! O ye servants of mankind! Out of the flowering of your thoughts and hopes, fragrant emanations | MKT3.065, MNMK#114 p.219, MMK1#202 p.238, AHB.124BE #06-09 p.35, DWNP_v2#06 p.050-052, PYB#047 p.23 | SWAB#202, ADJ.088-089x, PDC.186x, WOB.030x, SW_v14#12 p.355-356, BLO_PT#051 | Equality of men and women; Independent investigation of truth; reality; Predictions and prophecies; Prejudice; racial prejudice; class distinction; Prophecy and fulfillment; Religion as source of love and unity; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Supreme tribunal; Unity; oneness of humanity; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00198 | 820 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá | ای فرع رفیع سدره مبارکه جناب آقا سید میرزا چون در اینجا تشریف داشتند | O thou exalted bough of the divine Lote-Tree! ...When thou art disdained and rejected by the wicked doers be not cast down | INBA55:395 | BRL_DAK#1203, MNMK#133 p.246, MMK1#195 p.227, MAS5.105 | SWAB#195 | Alex, Asha, Renya, and Alia, B. Weber | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Growth of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||
| AB00199 | 820 | mixed | ای مظلوم علماء سوء و اسیر طلاب جهل و نادانی تفصیل اردبیل و صدمات ضرب شدید | O Thou Who art oppressed by the ill-intentioned divines and held captive by students of ignorance and folly! The account of Ardibil and the grievous blows inflicted therein [3.5s] | INBA88:185b | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00201 | 820 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی لم تزل کنت بارء الوجود بادع الاکوان بدیع الانسان متجلیا | Glorified art Thou, O my God! From time immemorial Thou hast been the Creator of existence, the Originator of all beings, the Fashioner of humankind, resplendent in Thy manifestation [3.5s] | AMK.101-105 | Call to action; High station of the true believer; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Transcendence; unknowability of God; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00202 | 820 | mixed | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی هولاء عباد مکرمون و اماء قانتات سرعوا الی معین رحمانیتک | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! These are honoured servants and devoted handmaidens who have hastened to the Wellspring of Thy mercy [3.5s] | INBA85:067 | MMK6#062 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00203 | 810 | mixed | Universal House of Justice, The; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای منادی پیمان ایامی میگذرد که در مخابره و مکاتبه فتور حاصل سبب اینست که آتش | O Herald of the Covenant! Days have passed wherein there occurred a pause in correspondence and communication. The cause of this is that the fire [3.5s]... ...At whatever time all the beloved of God in each country appoint their delegates, and these in turn elect their representatives, and these representatives elect a body, that body shall be regarded as the Supreme Baytu'l-'Adl… The Bab, the Exalted One, is the Morn of Truth, the splendor of Whose light shineth throughout all regions | BRL_CUHJP#17x, BRL_CUHJP#57x, MKT3.498, AKHA_119BE #08 p.jx, AKHA_116BE #10 p.336x, AVK4.296x, YHA1.100 (1.203) | BRL_CUHJ#17x, BRL_CUHJ#57x, BADM.084x, GPB.057x2x, WOB.127x, COC#0763x, LOG#1058x | Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; House of Justice; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Bab; the Primal Point; station and claims of the Bab | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00204 | 810 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یاران باوفا ای بندگان صادق حضرت بهاء الله نیمه شب است و جمیع چشمها آسوده | O ye faithful friends, O ye sincere servants of Baha'u'llah! Now, in the midwatches of the night... O Thou kind and loving Providence! The east is astir and the west surgeth... Study the Tablet of the Holy Mariner that ye may know the truth… Pitiful are we, grant us Thy succour; homeless and wanderers... | INBA16:064 | MKT3.423, MNMK#099 p.182, MMK1#233 p.302, AYT.522x, HDQI.207, ANDA#02 p.54x, ANDA#14 p.04x, ADH2.086x, ADH2_1#31 p.049x, ADH2_2#13 p.114x, MJMJ1.109x, MMG2#277 p.310x, MMG2#347 p.386x, MUH1.0532, YHA1.101-102x (1.207) | SWAB#233, BPRY.155-157x, BPRY.319x, BSC.548 #993, SW_v12#14 p.229-231, BSTW#103 | M.C. Kennedy | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||
| AB00205 | 810 | mixed | Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی ترانی مکبا بوجهی علی تراب الذل و الانکسار و اتذلل الی | Glory be unto Thee, O my God! Thou seest me rolling my face in the dust of humility and contrition, supplicating toward the Kingdom of Thy Might | INBA16:073, INBA84:529 | BRL_DAK#0559, MKT4.156, MILAN.100, DUR3.258x, MJMJ2.027, MMG2#237 p.265 | TAB.570-574 | Being a source of light; guidance; Call to action; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for praise and gratitude; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | |||||||
| AB00213 | 800 | mixed | یا من اشتعل من نار محبه الله و هاجر من الله الی الله وفقنی الله و ایاک علی | O thou who art set ablaze with the fire of the love of God and who hast migrated from God unto God! May God make both thee and me steadfast [3.5s] | MMK6#036 | Fire and light; fire and water; Love of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00214 | 800 | mixed | Translation List; Universal House of Justice, The | یا من ثبت الله قلبه علی المیثاق عند ما تجلل نیر الافاق بحجاب الغیاب یا ابن | O thou whose heart God hath made firm in the Covenant when the Luminary of the horizons was veiled by the clouds of concealment, O son [3.5s]... ...As to goodly deeds and charitable donations, these will certainly diminish the misdeeds of the departed and add to their good works... ...Thou hast asked about the general criterion with regard to heresy | BRL_DAK#0691, BRL_CUHJP#18x, MMK6#308x, AVK3.371.04x, AVK3.448.05x, MAS2.104-108, YMM.342x, ABDA.089-091 | BRL_CUHJ#18x, ADMS#081x | Call to action; Development of capacity and readiness; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Justice and wrath of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for the departed; Shrines and Holy places; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Thankfulness; gratitude | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00215 | 790 | mixed | ادعوک یا الهی بقلبی و لسانی و روحی و جنانی و اناجیک فی بهره ظلام سابل الاذیال | I call upon Thee, O my God, with my heart and my tongue, my spirit and my innermost being, and I commune with Thee in the depths of this darkness that hath descended [3.5s]... ...O ye My faithful loved ones! Should at any time afflicting events come to pass in the Holy Land, never feel disturbed or agitated | AMK.003-008, AVK4.446x, AYT.524x, DWNP_v3#03-4 p.023-024x, MAS5.145bx, HYB.153x | GPB.309x, PAB.025x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Petitions to authorities; Prayer for nearness to God; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00219 | 790 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures | یا من انجذب الی الملکوت و شرب الکاس التی مزاجها کافور در این ایام که فیوضات | O thou who art attracted to the Kingdom and hast quaffed from the cup whose essence is of camphor! In these days when the outpourings [3.5s]... ...Indifference breeds deterioration. Silence is the cause of retrogression. Thoughtlessness leads to forgetfulness. Passivity, inaction, produce oblivion.... Consider the story of Simon the Rock [Peter]: Two of the Apostles of His Holiness, the Spirit [Jesus], went to the city of Antioch to teach the Cause of God | INBA72:041, INBA88:116 | BRL_DAK#0570, MKT1.471 | BSC.439 #798x, SW_v13#07 p.180-181x, BSTW#271d, BTO#05x | Call to action; Methods of teaching the Cause; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||
| AB00220 | 790 | mixed | یار عزیز مهربان تحریر بلیغ که بتاریخ چهارم مارت سنه ۱۹۰۱ مورخ بود رسید از | O beloved and kind friend! Your eloquent letter dated March 4th, 1901, was received and [3.5s]... ...From its heading sweet scent arose and brought fragrance to the soul…. The captivating and winsome figure of amity and concord will one day appear in the assemblage of the world | CMB_F66#19b, | BRL_DAK#0567, MMK4#186 p.227, MSHR3.036 | EGBBF.105-106x | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Universal peace; world unity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00221 | 780 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه مفصل شما را با وجود آنکه بجان عزیزت فرصت قرائت یکسطر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Though I have not the time to read even a single line, thy detailed letter [3.5s] | INBA85:353 | AVK3.319.01x, SFI06.015bx, ANDA#67-68 p.36, YMM.042-044 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Critique of Eastern values; culture; Past, present and future of Iran | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00222 | 780 | mixed | ای یاران رحمانی از ایران حوادثی متتابع میرسد که سبب تاسف و احزانست و یاران | O ye friends of the All-Merciful! From Iran come successive calamities that cause sorrow and lamentation among the friends [3.5s] | INBA16:031 | MKT4.118, MILAN.097, AVK3.228.15x, MAS9.133x | Imam Husayn; Love of God; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Martyrs and martyrdom; Petitions to authorities; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00223 | 770 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی انشا حقیقه نورانیه و کینونیه رحمانیه و هویه ربانیه و کلمه | Praise be unto God Who hath brought into being the luminous Reality, the merciful Essence, the divine Identity, and the Word [3.5s] | UMich962.135-137, UMich991.086-091 | MKT1.151, AKHA_120BE #08-09.b | Empty learning; false spirituality; Four methods of acquiring knowledge; Intuition; inspiration; Limits of the intellect; Literal interpretation; Spiritual foundations of true knowledge; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00224 | 770 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Universal House of Justice, The; Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای کنیز الهی نامه شما رسید مضامین دلالت بر ثبوت بر میثاق داشت لهذا امید چنان | O thou maidservant of God! Thy letter was received, and its contents testified to thy firmness in the Covenant… Now one must either say that the Blessed Beauty erred and led the people astray | NURA#58, BRL_CUHJP#86x, MMK4#148 p.156 | BRL_ATE#068x, BRL_CUHJ#86x, LOTW#58, SW_v10#14 p.268-270, BSTW#013, BSTW#269 | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Soul; spirit after death; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00225 | 770 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه مفصل رسید مضمون مورث روح و ریحان بود و اخبار دلیل بر | O herald of the Covenant! Thy detailed letter was received and its contents brought forth spirit and sweet fragrance, whilst its tidings gave evidence of [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0173, MKT4.091, AKHA_133BE #09 p.202, AMK.117-120, MSBH7.078-082, YIA.279-281 | Education of children; moral education; High station of learning; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00226 | 770 | mixed | در ایّام نور هدی و سراج ملأ اعلی حضرت رسول محمّد بن عبداللّه علیه آلاف من التّحیّة و الثّنآء | In the days of the Light of Guidance and the Lamp of the Concourse on High, His Holiness Muhammad, the Messenger, Son of 'Abdu'llah—upon Him be a myriad greetings and praise [3.5s] | PYM.383-386x | Episodes from the early history of Islam; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Rejection of Muhammad; Suffering; rejection of Christ; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00229 | 770 | mixed | رب و رجائی انی امرغ جبینی بتراب عتبتک العلیا و اضعه علی الثری راکعا ساجدا | O my Lord and my Hope! I press my brow to the dust of Thy most exalted threshold, and lay it upon the earth in humble prostration [3.5s] | MKT5.113b, MSHR2.130x | Business; financial; property matters; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00233 | 770 | mixed | یا من یسمع یناحی و صیاحی و نوحی و حنینی الیه فی جنح اللیالی و صباحی و اسحاری | O Thou Who hearest my lamentation and my cry, my weeping and my yearning toward Thee in the depths of night, at daybreak and in the morning hours [3.5s]... ...You wrote that the renovation of the House [of the Bab] might produce a great tumult. Indeed, the illustrious Áqa Mírza Aqay-i-Afnan, upon him be the Glory of God | INBA87:287, INBA52:291 | MMK6#549x, MSHR3.052x | AFNAN.178-180x | Business; financial; property matters; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Permission for visit; pilgrimage; Prayer for tests and difficulties; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00234 | 760 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی ذرء دره بیضاء و فریده نوراء و جوهره غراء و یتیمه عصماء متلئلئه | Praise be unto Him Who hath brought forth a lustrous pearl, a radiant gem, a brilliant jewel, and a singular and immaculate treasure, resplendent in its light [3.5s] | INBA21:053 | Growth of the Cause; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00235 | 760 | mixed | ای بنده آستان مقدس نامه بیست و نهم ذی حجه ۱۳۲۸ رسید و نامه های دیگر بواسطه سفر | O servant of the Sacred Threshold! Thy letter dated the twenty-ninth of Dhi'l-Hijjih 1328 was received; the other letters, in the course of transmittal [3.5s] | INBA87:223, INBA52:228 | ASAT5.013x, YMM.240x | Alteration of the divine will [bada]; Business; financial; property matters; Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Mystical themes | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00237 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه ۱۹ ربیع الثانی ۱۳۳۷ وصول یافت از مضامین کام مشتاقان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter of 19 Rabi'u'th-Thani 1337 was received, and from its contents the hearts of the yearning ones were made glad [3.5s]... ...As to the handmaids of the Merciful in Yazd, it can truly be said that they have done whatever is within the power of women to accomplish | MKT4.043, YHA1.415x, YARP2.302 p.247, RMT.040-043, YARD.049x, YARD.139-142 | ADMS#215x | Prophecy and fulfillment; Relationship between government and people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00239 | 760 | mixed | Translation List | ای یادگار سه بزرگوار عموی بزرگوارت حضرت حاجی حسن با رخی چون ماه روشن در انجمن | O remnant of three great souls! Thy distinguished uncle, the honorable Ḥají Ḥasan, burned fervently day and night | INBA88:231 | AKHA_117BE #11-12 p.b | ADMS#272 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Love of God; Martyrs and martyrdom; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||
| AB00240 | 760 | mixed | Bahá'í Scriptures; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Mahmúd's Diary; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران جانی عبدالبهاء شرق معطر نما غرب منور نما نور ببلغار ده روح بسقلاب | O ye close and dear friends of Abdu'l-Baha! In the Orient scatter perfumes, And shed splendours on the West. Carry light unto the Bulgar… Make haste to love! | MKT2.273, MNMK#101 p.185, MMK1#218 p.260, MILAN.146, AKHA_110BE #12 p.02, AKHA_120BE #11 p.b, AMK.045-046, AVK3.167.13x, AVK3.477.17x, BCH.065, ABB.180x, MAS5.144, ADH2.094x, ADH2_2#17 p.122x, MSHR4.053x, MMG2#286 p.317x, MSBH4.036x, YHA1.379x, BDA1.357.06x, KHH2.081 (2.151)x | SWAB#218, TAB.566-570, BSC.305 #623-628, SW_v04#01 p.020-021, MHMD1.376x, TEW.007-010, BSTW#125 | B. Weber, N. Hamilton, Nickole & Alexander | Confirmations and rewards in teaching the Cause; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for peace and unity; Present and future calamities; war; universal convulsion; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||
| AB00243 | 750 | mixed | ایها الحبیب الرحمانی البارع الصادع النورانی انی من هذه العدوه الدنیا | O beloved of the All-Merciful, O radiant and effulgent one who proclaimeth the Light! Verily, from this transient realm [3.5s] | MKT3.287, KHSH13.009, KHSH13.048 | Growth of the Cause; Prayer for teaching; Prophecy and fulfillment; Spiritual prerequisites of teaching the Cause; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00244 | 750 | mixed | حمدا لمن نشر رایاته و اظهر ایاته و اعلن کلماته و اوضح بیناته قد شرح الصدور | Praise be unto Him Who hath unfurled His banners, manifested His signs, proclaimed His words, and made clear His evidences! He hath, verily, gladdened the hearts [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0568, MKT1.155, MNMK#024 p.104, MJMJ2.025x, MMG2#321 p.359x | Praise and encouragement; Prayer for spiritual recognition; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00248 | 740 | mixed | ای خادم درگاه حضرت پروردگار اگر صد هزار زبان بشکرانه بگشاای و بستایش این | O thou servant at the threshold of the Lord! Though thou shouldst unloose a hundred thousand tongues in thanksgiving and in praise [3.5s] | INBA88:090 | DUR1.543x | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00249 | 740 | mixed | ای منادی ملکوت دو نامه از شما رسید یکی قدیم و دیگری جدید | O thou herald of the Kingdom! I received thy two letters, an old one and | YMM.209x | LOG#1635x, SW_v02#07 p.011-013 | God's oneness [ahadiyyih and wahidiyyih]; Human soul as mirror; divine light, attributes within; Necessary and possible being; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The divine emanation; the all-pervading bounty of God; Theosophy; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00250 | 740 | mixed | ای منادی میثاق مدتیست که قلم عبدالبهاء مخاطبا بانجناب چیزی ننگاشته ولی این | O herald of the Covenant! It hath been some time since the pen of 'Abdu'l-Baha hath addressed thee, yet this [4o] | BRL_DAK#0361, AYBY.351 #034 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00251 | 740 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Social Action; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یار قدیم ای ثابت بر پیمان اگر چه مدتیست مدید که از کثرت موانع فرصتی نیافتم | O ancient friend and steadfast one in the Covenant! Although for a considerable time, due to numerous obstacles, I have found no opportunity [3.5s]... ...The root cause of wrongdoing is ignorance, and we must therefore hold fast to the tools of perception and knowledge… The subjects to be taught in children's school are many | BRL_DAK#0970, MKT1.403, MNMK#109 p.205, MMK1#111 p.132x, AVK3.330.15x, MJTB.067x | SWAB#111x, BRL_SOCIAL#191x, COC#0628x, COC#2221x, LOG#0494x, LOG#0503x, BW_v16p036-037x | MANA | Educational curricula; Education and the development of capacity; Education of children; moral education; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | |||||||
| AB00252 | 740 | mixed | Abdu'l-Bahá in London; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha; Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء مکتوب مفصل که مرقوم نموده بودید رسید و بکمال دقت | O ye beloved friends of Abdul-Baha! The detailed letter which you have written was received and it was read with the greatest attention… You have written that there is a difference among the believers concerning the 'Second Coming of Christ'... O friends of God! ‘Abdu’l‑Baha is the embodiment of servitude and is not Christ... That which is true and real is this: that we become united and agreed in our purpose... My name is Abdu'l-Baha… | BRL_DAK#0064, MMK4#167 p.188, MMK5#181 p.140, AHB.117BE #11 p.334, AVK4.287ax, AVK4.288cx, AYT.447x, MAS9.145x | BRL_ATE#093x, TAB.429-433, WOB.139x, AIL.109x, DWN_v3#01 p.011bx, BSTW#174 | S. and S. Toloui-Wallace, D. Sylvester, B. Weber | Contention and conflict; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Return of Christ; second coming of Christ; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00253 | 740 | mixed | رب و رجائی و حرزی و ملاذی لک الحمد بما خلقت نفوسا رحمانیه و قلوبا نورانیه | O Lord, my hope, my stronghold, and my refuge! Praise be unto Thee for having brought into being souls endowed with divine compassion and hearts illumined with celestial light [3.5s] | INBA85:349 | MSHR5.263x, YMM.050 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Growth of the Cause; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00254 | 730 | mixed | ای ادیب دبستان الهی تحریرات متعدده آنجناب واصل گردید و مضامین دلنشین مفهوم | O thou teacher in the divine school! Numerous letters from thee were received and their sweet contents were understood [3.5s]... ...As regards the Huquq which hath been explicitly prescribed in the Book: This is intended for the benefit and prosperity of the individuals themselves | MMK5#174 p.134 | COC#1162x | Call to unity; prohibition of disunity; Hands of the Cause; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Oneness; unity of religion; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00255 | 730 | mixed | ای یاران الهی و اماء رحمن نامه شما رسید مضمون جمیع بیان التماس سفر عبدالبهاء | O divine friends and handmaidens of the All-Merciful! Your letter hath arrived, and the purport of its contents concerneth the journey of 'Abdu'l-Bahá [3.5s] | MKT3.305 | Autobiographical account; narrative of Abdu'l-Baha; High station of the true believer; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for specific individuals; groups | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00257 | 730 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما اشرقت الارض بنور ساطع من نیر الافاق و تجلیت علی الشجره | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having caused the earth to shine with a brilliant light from the Daystar of the horizons, and for having manifested Thyself upon the Tree [3.5s] | ABDA.020-021 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Call to action; Praise and encouragement | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00260 | 720 | mixed | اناجیک یا الهی مکبا بوجهی علی التراب منتظرا لبدایع الطافک متمرغا جبینی بالثری | I cry to Thee, 0, my Lord, while rolling myself on the dust and expecting the Wonders of Thy Bounties… If any soul asks concerning the station of this servant, the answer is Abdu'l-Baha | INBA16:060 | MMK5#185 p.146, AVK4.286x | SW_v08#14 p.186x, SW_v08#15 p.212x, CUPAB.003 | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Loving one's enemies; returning hatred with love; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00261 | 720 | mixed | ای اسیر سبیل الهی تفاصیل واقعه مولمه و حوادث مزعجه یعنی فاجعه اردبیل و مشقت | O captive in the Divine Path! The details of the grievous occurrence and distressing events - namely, the tragedy of Ardabil and its hardships [3.5s] | INBA88:223 | ANDA#35 p.24, MSHR5.198x, MSHR5.376x, MUH1.0049 | Call to action; Martyrs and martyrdom; Suffering and imprisonment; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00262 | 720 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای سلاله حضرت ابراهیم جلیل نامه شما رسید رویای شما بسیار مبارک بود زیرا آب | O descendant of His Holiness Abraham! Your letter was received. Your dream was most blessed, for water [3.5s]... ...As for the story of Adam, the Father of Mankind, which is recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, this requireth explanation | BLIB_Or.08687.007, | MKT2.157, AVK2.146.01x, AVK2.152.09x, MAS2.041x | BRL_ATE#054x | Eternality vs. origination; creation from nothingness; God's attributes require the existence of objects; God's knowledge; Intelligible vs. perceptible realities; Interpretation of dreams and visions | - | - | |||||||
| AB00269 | 720 | mixed | دوست محترم من نامه شما رسید از آن روابط روحانی که منبعث از جان و وجدان بود | O esteemed friend! Your letter was received, and from those spiritual bonds which sprang from the soul and conscience [3.5s]... ...During this journey it has become manifest and evident to me that the Western world has made extraordinary progress... In the world of nature the greatest dominant note is the struggle for existence--the result of which is the survival of the fittest...Praise be to God that the Sun of Reality has shone forth with the utmost brilliancy from the eastern horizon.... Spiritual education consists in the inculcation of the ideals of divine morality | MNMK#115 p.222, MJDF.080, KHF.054, KHAB.031? (040), KHTB3.030, NJB_v04#02 p.001 | SW_v07#15 p.133-134x, SW_v08#01 p.015x, SW_v08#08 p.101-102x, SW_v11#01 p.010-011x, BNE.156x | Competition vs. cooperation; the struggle for existence; Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Mission of the Manifestation of God in the world; Oneness; unity of religion; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00270 | 720 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما شغفت الاحباء حبا بجمالک و تجلیت علی الاصفیاء فی یوم | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for having enraptured Thy loved ones with a love for Thy beauty, and for having manifested Thyself unto the pure-hearted in this Day [3.5s] | INBA87:445, INBA52:460 | Praise and encouragement; Unity; oneness of humanity; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00271 | 720 | mixed | Light of the World | یا سلیل الرجل الحبیب نامه شما در اسکندریه رسید مدتی بود خبری نبود لهذا ورود این نمیقه | O thou scion of a cherished friend! Thy letter was received in Alexandria. It was long since there had been any news, and so it brought gladness and joy | NURA#33, MMK4#056 p.063, BSDR.511 | LOTW#33 | Chastisement and requital; Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00275 | 710 | mixed | ای سلیل دخیل جلیل نامه ات ملاحظه گردید معانیش فرح و مسرت بخشید زیرا ذکر یاران | O scion of a noble lineage! Thy letter was perused, and its contents brought joy and gladness, for it made mention of the friends [3.5s] | INBA59:294b, INBA88:281, INBA89:003 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00280 | 700 | mixed | الهی الهی انت الذی سبقت رحمتک و سبغت نعمتک و ثبتت حجتک و علت کلمتک و اشتهرت | O my God, my God! Thou art He Whose mercy hath preceded all things, Whose grace hath abundantly flowed, Whose proof hath been firmly established, Whose Word hath been exalted, and Whose fame hath spread abroad [3.5s] | INBA88:157 | AYBY.357 #039, KHSH09.022x, NFQ.014x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00282 | 700 | mixed | Bahá'í World Faith; Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Tablets of Abdu'l-Baha | ای بنده درگاه الهی آنچه از خامه محبت الله جاری قرائت گردید و از مضامینش | O thou servant of the Holy Threshold! We have read what flowed out from thy pen in thy love for God, and found the contents of thy letter | INBA21:100, INBA88:056b | MKT1.248, MNMK#155 p.288, MMK1#156 p.178, MILAN.103, BSHN.140.120, BSHN.140.492, BSHN.144.120, MHT1a.079, MHT1b.037, MHT2.166, YMM.231 | SWAB#156, TAB.642-645, BWF.391-393x, COC#1750, PN_1900_heh p035 | Attaining the life of the spirit; Degrees of spirit and the kingdoms of existence; Mysteries and their discovery; the mystical vision; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Progress only takes place within its own degree; Proofs for the existence; immortality of the soul; Realms of being; three realms; five realms; Reincarnation; Return of the Manifestations of God; Soul; spirit after death; Soul is the essential reality of man; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | |||||||
| AB00283 | 700 | mixed | ای ثابت نابت بر پیمان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید در خصوص زعیم الدوله ملاحظه گردید | O thou who art firm and steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou didst write concerning Za'imu'd-Dawlih hath been noted [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0523, MMK6#130 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Martyrs and martyrdom; Personal instructions; Rejection, opposition and persecution | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00284 | 700 | mixed | ای سرگشته دشت و صحرا محبه الله اگر تبریز تبخیز بود و اردبیل از باده بلایا و محن جامی | O wayfarer in the desert and wilderness of the love of God! Should Tabriz be in tumult and Ardibíl partake of the wine of tribulations and woes [3.5s] | INBA88:081 | BRL_DAK#0760, MKT2.223, MSHR2.032x, MSBH6.473-476, YIA.382-383x, QUM.045-046x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Martyrs and martyrdom; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00287 | 700 | mixed | Translation List; Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913 | ای مفتون و تشنه حقیقت نامه شما رسید دلیل بر آن بود که از افق وجدان صبحی تابان | O thou who art eager and athirst for the truth! Thy letter hath been received. It indicateth that a radiant morn hath dawned above the horizon of the heart. | MNMK#108 p.203, MJTB.057, MJDF.053, KHF.118, KHAB.037 (046), KHTB3.048, NJB_v05#07 p.001 | DAS.1913-09-11, MHMD2.049x, ABIE.304, BLO_PN#007, ADMS#068 | Christ; Christianity; Manifestation of God as educator; Muhammad; Islam; Need for an educator; Power of faith; power of the spirit; Two kinds of civilization; material and spiritual civilization; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00289 | 700 | mixed | ایها الفاضل الجلیل انی اتضرع الی الملکوت الاعلی و اتشبث بذیل الکبریاء ان | O distinguished and noble one! I supplicate unto the Kingdom on high and cling to the hem of divine grandeur that [3.5s] | MKT3.244, MNMK#031 p.115 | Empty learning; false spirituality; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Literal interpretation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Word of God is its own standard | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00290 | 690 | mixed | ای ادیب دبستان الهی مکاتیب متعدده آنحضرت ملاحظه گردید و مضامین سبب حیرت شد که | O learned one of the divine school! Thy numerous letters were perused, and their contents became a cause of astonishment, in that [3.5s] | INBA21:081, INBA21:132, INBA88:068 | Contention and conflict; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00291 | 690 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه رسید و عدل و انصاف آن سرور واضح گردید احبای الهی باید | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and the justice and fairness of that joy-giving one became evident. The loved ones of God must [3.5s] | AVK1.011.11x, AVK4.095.01x, MAS2.096-098 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Review of publications; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00292 | 690 | mixed | ای ثابت راسخ بر عهد و پیمان الهی مسطورات آنجناب واصل و مضامین معلوم و واضح | O thou who art firm and steadfast in the divine Covenant! Thy letter hath been received and its contents are manifest and clear [3.5s] | INBA55:268 | AKHA_105BE #12 p.08 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past; Muhammad; Islam; Role of the Covenant in preserving unity; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00293 | 690 | mixed | ای متضرع الی الله نفوسیکه در تحت میثاق نیر اعظم آفاق داخل و بعروه الوثقای عهد | O thou who art supplicating unto God! Those souls who have entered beneath the Covenant of the Most Great Luminary of the horizons and laid hold of the sure handle of His Testament [3.5s] | INBA13:215, INBA55:307, INBA88:384x | BRL_DAK#0551 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Constitutional revolution in Iran; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for governments and rulers; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00294 | 690 | mixed | Translation List | ای یاران رحمانی این زندانی جناب آقا محمد صادق علیه بهاء الله الابهی بارض مقدس | O divine friends! This prisoner hath received Jinab-i-Aqa Muhammad-Sadiq - upon him be the Glory of God, the Most Glorious - in the Holy Land [3.5s]... ...Praised be God, for the friends of Fars are as knights in the arena of knowledge and guardians of the impregnable stronghold of God | INBA87:009, INBA52:009 | MKT1.300, PYM.116x, MJMJ2.079x, MMG2#079 p.086x | ADMS#065i21x | Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | |||||||
| AB00295 | 690 | mixed | ای یاران عزیز عبدالبهاء نامه ای بشیراز مرقوم گردید سوادش در جوف است ملاحظه | O dearly beloved companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! A letter hath been written to Shíráz, and a copy is enclosed herein for perusal [3.5s] | MKT4.136, MILAN.233 | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Teaching one's self first in teaching the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00296 | 690 | mixed | Fire and Light | ایها الفرع النابت من الشجره المبارکه نامه نامی بلکه رشته درر و لئالی واصل | O branch that hath sprung from the Blessed Tree! Thy glorious letter—nay rather, thy string of pearls and gems—hath reached me [3.5s]... ...May my life be offered up for the dust of these martyrs; may my entire being be a sacrifice for the blood of the chosen ones of God | NANU_AB#72, YBN.063-065 | BRL_FIRE_AB#20x | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Consultation; Education of children; moral education; Martyrs and martyrdom; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00297 | 690 | mixed | حمدا لمن خلق الارض و السموات و جعلها منشور ایاته البینات و انشا الشموس | Praise be unto Him Who hath created the earth and the heavens, and hath made them the open book of His clear signs, and hath brought forth the suns [3.5s] | TAH.326b | Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Radiant countenance; bearing the divine fragrance | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00299 | 690 | mixed | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | سبحانک اللهم یا الهی و سیدی و مولائی ترانی موردا لکل بلاء و هدفا لکل سهام | Glorified art Thou, O Lord my God, my Master, and my Ruler! Thou seest me a victim of every tribulation, a target for every shaft, and exposed to every spear | NURA#45, MMK2#038 p.027x, MMK4#032 p.030 | LOTW#45 | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00300 | 690 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی بما کشفت الغطاء و رفعت النقاب عن وجه الحقیقه لعبدک المبتهل | All praise be unto Thee, O my God, for Thou hast lifted the veil and removed the covering from the face of truth for Thy suppliant servant [3.5s] | MMK4#178 p.219, ASAT5.356x, DUR4.798 | Corruption; misinterpretation of the Word of God; Forgiveness; grace; bounty; mercy; compassion of God; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00301 | 680 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان تحریرت واصل و تقریر در نهایت حلاوت از عنایت جمال قدم ملتمسم که | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its words were of surpassing sweetness. I beseech the Ancient Beauty that [3.5s] | INBA88:354 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Love as fundamental; spiritual foundations of religion; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00302 | 680 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان ورق مسطور ملحوظ شد و معانی موفور مفهوم الحمد لله در این سفر | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was perused and its abundant meanings were understood. Praise be unto God that in this journey [3.5s] | INBA88:362 | BRL_DAK#0368, MSBH4.488x | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Prayer for service; Saint Peter and Saint Paul; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00303 | 680 | mixed | ای ثابتان بر پیمان الیوم این عنوان از ابدع الحان زیرا قوت امر الله بعهد | O ye who are steadfast in the Covenant! Today, this title is the most wondrous of melodies, for the power of God's Cause lieth in the Covenant [3.5s] | MKT3.347b | Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Growth of the Cause; Heedlessness and ignorance of the people; Historical episodes and the lessons of the past | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00307 | 680 | mixed | یا اسم الله الیوم میزان کل شیء و مقناطیس تایید عهد و میثاق رب مجید است کل را | O Name of God! In this Day the criterion and balance of all things and the magnet for attracting divine confirmations is the Covenant and Testament | INBA55:444, INBA59:235 | MKT2.126, MILAN.179, AKHA_121BE #10 p.h, DUR1.416, MAS5.098, YHA1.097-098x, YHA1.115x, YHA1.430x | BLO_PT#182x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00311 | 670 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان آنچه از قبل و بعد مرقوم نموده بودید با وجود عدم مجال تمام | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! That which thou didst write, both before and after, despite lack of opportunity [3.5s] | MMK5#222 p.170 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00312 | 670 | mixed | ای متمسک بذیل کبریاء نفحه که از حدیقه قلب آن موقن بالله برخواسته بود بمشام | O thou who hast clung to the hem of grandeur! The fragrance which arose from the garden of the heart of that steadfast believer in God hath reached Our presence [3.5s] | INBA55:200, INBA72:127 | MMK5#235 p.184 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00314 | 670 | mixed | Fire and Light; Bahá'í Prayers [2002] | ای یزدان مهربان از افق انقطاع نفوسی را مشرق و لائح فرمودی که مانند مه تابان | O Thou kind Lord! From the horizon of detachment Thou hast manifested souls that, even as the shining moon... You must so hoist the banner of nothingness | MMK2#378 p.269, NANU_AB#04x | BRL_FIRE_AB#04x, BPRY.251-252x, PN_1906 p093x | Miles, Denzil & Ephrim | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Importance of community building; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | |||||||
| AB00317 | 670 | mixed | حمدا لمن استقر علی سریر وحدانیته و استمرت نسائم الانس من حدیقه رحمانیته و هاج | Praise be unto Him Who is established upon the throne of His oneness, and from Whose garden of divine mercy the gentle breezes of intimacy continuously waft [3.5s] | INBA89:225 | Love of God; Praise and encouragement; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00320 | 660 | mixed | ای اهل قریه مبارکه وادی حجاز و یثرب و صحرای بطحاء که جولانگاه قبائل قحطان | O dwellers of the blessed village in the vale of Hijaz, of Yathrib and the desert plain of Batha, wherefrom roamed the tribes of Qahtan [3.5s] | MKT5.049b, IQN.079, PYB#228 p.30 | Call to action; Growth of the Cause; Law of transformation and change; Universality of the Cause | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00321 | 660 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان مکاتیب مفصله مطالعه گردید آنچه در همدان مجری داشتید خدمتی | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy detailed letters were studied. That which thou didst carry out in Hamadan constituteth a service [3.5s] | MSHR4.302x, MSHR5.174-176 | Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00322 | 660 | mixed | Light of the World | ای دوستان الهی و یاران معنوی خداوند عالمیان در قرآن حکیم میفرماید و لکم فی | O ye beloved of God! O ye spiritual friends! The Lord of the worlds hath said in the Qur’an: “A noble pattern have ye in God’s Apostle.” | INBA13:406, INBA55:167, INBA88:197 | NURA#56, MKT1.417, MNMK#102 p.187, MMK4#135 p.137, DWNP_v6#09 p.002-003, BCH.155, DUR1.281x | LOTW#56, SW_v04#04 p.071+074, BSTW#080, BSTW#361, BSTW#367 | R. Yazhari | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Human reality created in the image of God; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||
| AB00323 | 660 | mixed | Day of the Covenant 26 November 2003 | ای نهال آمال آن بیهمال نامه وصول یافت آنی راحت و مهلت میسر نه تا بنگارش جواب | O thou sapling of hopes of the Peerless One! Thy letter was received. Not a moment's rest hath been granted me to compose a reply [3.5s] | MMK2#212 p.150, AYBY.412 #123 | Assistance to the poor and lowly; the orphan; the sick; Chastisement and requital; Education of children; moral education; Forgiveness; a sin-covering eye; patience and forbearance; Growth of the Cause; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Unity; oneness of humanity; Zeal and fervor in teaching the Cause | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00324 | 660 | mixed | Huqúqu'lláh | ای وحید فرید نامه ۵ محرم ۱۳۲۹ رسید هر چند چند روز پیش نامه مفصلی بشما مرقوم | O peerless and unique one! Your letter of 5 Muharram 1329 arrived, and although a few days ago a detailed letter was written to you [3.5s]... ...As to the Huquq, it is payable on whatever is left over after deducting one's yearly expenses. However, any money or possession which is necessary in producing income for one's subsistence | INBA17:145 | BRL_DAK#0671, BRL_HUQUQP#046x, MMK6#411x, AVK2.239.17x, AVK2.257.16x, AVK4.146.12x, AVK4.451.07x, MAS2.075-078, MSBH6.027-030 | BRL_HUQUQ#046x, COC#1165x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Interpretation of words and passages in scripture; Law of Huququ'llah; Predictions and prophecies | - | - | |||||||
| AB00325 | 660 | mixed | ای یاران من و یاوران من بانگ بانگ عبودیت است و جلوه جلوه رقیت آستان مقدس کل | O my friends and helpers! The call is the call of servitude, and the manifestation is the manifestation of thraldom at the sacred Threshold of all [3.5s]... ...Erelong will your brethren from Europe and America journey to Persia. There they will promote to an unprecedented degree the interests of art and industry | INBA13:092, INBA72:026, INBA88:227 | BRL_DAK#0527, AVK4.452.05x, NJB_v01#19a p.007x | BADM.173ax | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Progress and the continual ascent of material civilization; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00327 | 660 | mixed | لک الحمد یا الهی و لک الشکر یا محبوبی علی ما علت کلمتک و تمت نعمتک و سبقت | Praise be unto Thee, O my God, and thanksgiving be unto Thee, O my Beloved, for Thou hast exalted Thy Word and perfected Thy bounty and caused it to precede [3.5s] | INBA16:046, INBA89:198 | MKT4.171, MILAN.186, ASAT5.126x | Growth of the Cause; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Praise and encouragement | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00331 | 650 | mixed | اللهم یا ربی المجلی علی الطور و مالک یوم النشور نور السموات باعث الکائنات | O my Lord, Thou Who didst manifest Thyself upon Sinai and art the Lord of Resurrection Day, Light of the heavens, Quickener of all created things [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0050, MKT9.005, SFI18.016-017 | Call to action; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00332 | 650 | mixed | ای اماء رحمن بادهای مخالف شمع پیمان را احاطه کرده و طیور غرور عندلیب گلشن | O handmaidens of the Merciful! Contrary winds have encircled the Candle of the Covenant, and the birds of pride have beset the nightingale of the rose-garden [3.5s] | INBA13:204, INBA88:278 | AYBY.359 #040, KHSH09.047, MSHR3.331x | Avoidance of Covenant-Breakers; Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for victory and requital; triumph of the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00339 | 640 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان از وقتیکه در سبیل الهی بکمال توجه و تضرع و خلوص آرزوی خدمت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! From the time when, with the utmost devotion and supplication and sincerity, thou didst yearn to serve in the path of God [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0511, MKT2.319, MMK5#184 p.144, YHA1.014x (1.012) | Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Translation; publication of the Sacred Writings | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00341 | 640 | mixed | ای دوستان معنوی و یاران حقیقی عبدالبهاء هر چند آفت وبا جمیع انحاء اقلیم مقدس | O spiritual friends and true companions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Though the affliction of plague hath encompassed all regions of the Holy Land [3.5s] | INBA16:056 | MKT4.068, MILAN.088 | Civil courts; Critique of Western values; culture; Serving humanity; working for progress, betterment of the world; War and peace | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00343 | 640 | mixed | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی و مشتعل بنار محبت الله مسطورات آنجناب تلاوت شد و نفحات | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá and art enkindled with the fire of the love of God! Thy letter was perused, and its fragrances [3.5s] | PYK.224, MSHR3.157x | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00346 | 640 | mixed | ترانی یا الهی قد استغرقت فی بحار الحیره و خضت فی غمار الذهول و لم دار کیف | Thou beholdest me, O my God, immersed in the oceans of wonderment and plunged in the depths of bewilderment, and I know not how [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0763, MKT1.285b, AHB.128BE #06-11 p.253x, MJMJ2.054, MMG2#386 p.432, YHA1.367-368x (2.736) | Humility; meekness; lowliness; Prayer for forgiveness; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00348 | 640 | mixed | Crisis and Victory | یا من فدیت روحک و جسمک و نفسک و ذاتک فی سبیل الله علیک بهاء الله و ثنائه بما | O thou who hast sacrificed thy spirit, thy body, thy soul and thy very being in the path of God! Upon thee be the glory and praise of God, inasmuch as [3.5s]... ...The darkness of error that has enveloped the East and the West is, in this most great cycle, battling with the light of Divine Guidance | MKT1.252, MMK3#103 p.068x, PYB#021 p.02, MSHR3.346x | BRL_CRISIS#11x, ADJ.006x2x, COC#0268x, COC#1529x, COC#1530x | Apostles; early disciples of Christ; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Mary Magdalene; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00349 | 630 | mixed | اللهم یا ذا العظمه و الکبریاء و العزه و العلی تعز من تشاء و توید من تشاء | O God! O Thou Who art the Possessor of grandeur and majesty, of might and transcendence! Thou dost exalt whom Thou willest and strengthen whom Thou pleasest [3.5s] | INBA88:372 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Prayer for protection; Station of the Manifestation of God; Twofold; threefold station of the Manifestation of God; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00352 | 630 | mixed | ای امین عبدالبهاء نامه شما که بتاریخ هشتم رمضان ۳۲۵ مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید | O trusted one of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, thy letter dated 8 Ramaḍán 1325 was received and perused [3.5s] | MMK3#181 p.126x, MSHR2.057x, YBN.065-067, AMIN.125-129 | Growth of the Cause; Poems and quotation from poetry; Servitude; submission to God; repentance; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00353 | 630 | mixed | Translation List | ای بنده الهی سوال از عصمت انبیای سلف نموده بودی مظاهر مقدسه ما ینطق عن الهوی | Thou hast asked about the infallibility of the ancient prophets. The Holy Manifestations uttered that which was revealed unto them… Thy second question concerneth the impregnation of Mary through the Holy Spirit. This is an established and certain fact | MMK6#504x, AVK1.324x, AVK2.049, AVK2.186.18x, MAS2.081x, MAS9.004, MSHR5.075-077 | KSHK#25x, ADMS#222x | Adam; Adam and Eve; Birth of Christ; purity; virginity of Mary; Infallibility; sinlessness ['ismat]; Meaning; importance of dreams and visions; Outward and inward meanings; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00355 | 630 | mixed | Light of the World | ای ثابت بر پیمان در عنوان مکتوب خطاب یا عبدالبهاء بود این چه ندا بود که جان را | O thou who art firm in the Covenant! The opening of thy letter bore the words “O ‘Abdu’l-Baha!” What a call this was | NURA#76, MMK4#171 p.193 | LOTW#76 | Cycles in the physical and spiritual worlds; Duration of the Baha'i cycle; future divine revelations; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00358 | 630 | mixed | ای راسخ پیمان و ثابت دل و جان عبدالبهاء در این روزها عازم امریکاست و نهایت | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant and firm in heart and soul! In these days 'Abdu'l-Bahá is bound for America and is most [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0767, MKT5.179 | Praise and encouragement; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Suffering and imprisonment; Travels to the West by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00361 | 630 | mixed | ای یاران رحمانی حضرت اسم الله مکتوبی مرقوم و مرسول نمودند و ذکر آن یاران الهی | O ye companions of the All-Merciful! His honor Ismu'llah hath penned and dispatched a letter making mention of those divine friends [3.5s] | MKT9.242, MMK6#193, FRH.108-110 | Prayer for steadfastness; obedience; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00362 | 630 | mixed | Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, The Institution of the; Bahá'í Prayers [2002]; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران شرق و غرب از اعظم اساس دین الله و معانی کلمه الله و تکلیف احباء الله | O ye friends of the East and the West! Among the foundations of the religion of God, the inner significances of the Word of God, and the duties of the friends of God... O God, my God! Illumine the brows of Thy true lovers | COMP_MASHRIQP#22x, MKT4.128, MNMK#084 p.152x, MMK1#235 p.306x, AMK.057-058, AVK3.261.19x, MJMJ2.030ax, MMG2#327 p.365x | SWAB#235x, BRL_MASHRIQ#22x, BPRY.084-085x, LOG#0836x, LOG#0840x, SW_v06#17 p.138-139, SW_v08#11 p.137-138, DWN_v5#09 p.007x | House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Microcosm and macrocosm ['alam-i-akbar and 'alam-i-asghar]; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00371 | 620 | mixed | ای عزیز عبدالبهاء دو طغرا نامه شما پی در پی رسید مضمون یکی تفصیل لایحه مزوره | O beloved of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! Two of your letters arrived in quick succession. The contents of one detailed the false document [3.5s] | INBA85:525 | MMK5#155 p.120, AVK3.136.01x, AVK3.279.02x | Consolation and comfort; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Review of publications; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00375 | 620 | mixed | ای ناطق بثنای الهی آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و از مضامین نهایت تعجب | O thou who speakest in praise of God! That which thou didst write was perused, and its contents caused the utmost astonishment [3.5s] | MMK5#180 p.138 | Consolation and comfort; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Humility; meekness; lowliness; Service to others; to the Cause of God | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00376 | 620 | mixed | ای نفوس مبارکه نامه شما رسید و بر تفاصیل اطلاع حاصل گردید الحمد لله بکمال قوت | O ye blessed souls! Your letter was received. I became informed with its details. Praise be to God that you have arisen to serve the Cause of God... The fundamental object is the promulgation of the Cause of God and the exaltation of the word of God. This is the power that will become effective in the very heart of the world... O thou world of humanity! Awake! Awake! | NJB_v05#16 p.006 | DAS.1914-08-04x | Lists; enumerations of Baha'i principles; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Unity; oneness of humanity; Universal peace; world unity | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00377 | 620 | mixed | Translation List | ای یاران الهی خطه شیراز منسوب بحضرت بی نیاز و موطن کاشف اسرار بر اهل راز | O friends of God! The city of Shíraz is connected with the Self-Subsisting; it is the native land of the One Who hath unraveled a myriad mysteries | INBA87:187, INBA52:189 | MKT1.298, AYT.184, PYM.115-116x, YHA1.340x | ADMS#065i22x | Music and singing; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The power of words; of speech | - | - | |||||||
| AB00378 | 620 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی جناب میرزا مهدی اخوان صفا مدت حیاترا وقف اعلاء کلمه الله نمود | O spiritual friends! Jinab-i-Mirza Mahdi Ikhwan-i-Safa devoted the span of his life to the exaltation of the Word of God [3.5s] | TZH8.0129-131, DUR4.504x, MSBH4.089, NNY.126-127x | Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Eulogies; reminiscences; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Teaching the Cause; call to teach | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00379 | 620 | mixed | ای یاران عبدالبهاء نامه ای که مجتمعا تبریک ورود باقلیم مصر مرقوم نموده بودید | O friends of 'Abdu'l-Bahá! The letter which ye collectively wrote to celebrate [my] arrival in the realm of Egypt [3.5s] | AMK.121-123, ASAT5.133-135x, RHQM1.122-124 (158x) (092-094x), YHA1.098-099, QT108.077-078 | Justice and wrath of God; Ottoman commissions of investigation; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00382 | 610 | mixed | از حوادث تازه اینکه در مدینه کبیره فسق و فساد و فتنه و نفاق جمال الدین و شیخ | Recent events reveal that in the great city, immorality, corruption, sedition and hypocrisy [emanate from] Jamaluddin and the Shaykh [3.5s] | INBA55:284 | RHQM1.616-617 (751) (460-461x), MAS5.223 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Prayer for governments and rulers; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Trust and reliance in God; turning to Him at all times | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00383 | 610 | mixed | الحمد لله الذی اشرق بنور المیثاق علی الافاق و اظهر اسرار العهد فی حیز الشهود | Praise be unto God, Who hath caused the light of the Covenant to shine forth across the horizons and hath manifested the mysteries of the Testament in the realm of existence [3.5s] | MMK6#232 | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00384 | 610 | mixed | اللهم یا ربی الرحمن انت الکریم و انت المنان انی اتضرع الیک باللسان و الجنان | O God, my Lord, the All-Merciful! Thou art the Gracious, Thou art the Bestower. With tongue and heart I implore Thee [3.5s] | INBA85:357 | BRL_DAK#0769, MKT8.246x, AKHA_134BE #07 p.272x, AKHA_106BE #09 p.04x, YMM.038 | Characteristics and conduct of true believers; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Prayer for protection; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00385 | 610 | mixed | الهی الهی انی اتوسل بذیل کبریائک و اتعلق باهداب ردآء بهائک و اتضرع الیک | O my God, my God! I beseech Thee by the hem of Thy grandeur and cling to the fringes of the garment of Thy splendor, and I supplicate Thee [3.5s] | INBA89:222 | MMK3#129 p.090x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; High station of the true believer; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Praise and encouragement; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Tests and trials; sacrifice and suffering; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00386 | 610 | mixed | ای بنده یزدان آنچه مرقوم نموده بودید مفهوم و معلوم گردید حمد خدا را که دلالت | O servant of God! That which thou didst write was understood and comprehended. Praise be to God that guidance [3.5s] | YBN.075-076 | Critique of Western values; culture; Defending the Faith; protecting the Cause; apologetics; Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Spiritualization of humanity in the future; a new race of men | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00389 | 610 | mixed | ای سید بزرگوار هر چند از پیش داروی اعظم ارسال شد که نوش هر نیش بود و دریاق | O noble Siyyid! Though the supreme remedy was sent aforetime, which was the sweet antidote to every sting [3.5s] | MSBH4.484-487 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Transience; worthlessness of the physical world | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00391 | 610 | mixed | ای عین الاحباء و زین الاودآء حمد کن خدا را که نهایت سیاحت یعنی خاتمه الالطاف فاتحه | O thou who art the essence of the beloved ones and the adornment of the pure-hearted! Render thanks unto God that the ultimate journey signifieth the culmination of bounties and the beginning [3.5s] | MKT4.084, MILAN.113 | - | - | |||||||||||
| AB00392 | 610 | mixed | ای ناظر بملکوت ابهی خوشا حال نفوسی که بصرف فطرت منجذب الی الله گشتند | O thou who gazest upon the Kingdom of Abhá! Blessed indeed are those souls who, through the purity of their nature, have become attracted unto God [3.5s] | INBA72:031, INBA72:156 | MMK2#315 p.230, AKHA_129BE #10 p.a, AKHA_119BE #07 p.j, AHB.133BE #07-08 p.66, TSAY.522, RHQM2.0638 (016x) (012x), TISH.468-469x, MAS5.165x | Martyrs and martyrdom; Power and sovereignty of God; omnipotence of God; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Suffering and imprisonment | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00393 | 610 | mixed | ای یار مهربان نامه اخیر در اسکندریه وصول یافت با وجود نهایت ضعف ... در این سفر شب و روز مشغولیت | O kind friend! Thy latest letter was received in Alexandria. Despite extreme feebleness... during this journey I am occupied night and day [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0311, MMK5#003 p.001, MMK6#274x, AVK2.161.16x, AVK2.212.19x, AVK4.179.12x, MAS2.071-072x, MSHR3.072x, YHA2.1003x, YMM.240x, YMM.302x, YMM.346x, YMM.417x, NJB_v04#15 p.004x | Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Suffering and imprisonment; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Travels to Egypt by Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00396 | 610 | mixed | ایها الفرع الکریم من السدره الرحمانیه قد قضت سنون و شهور بل مضت احقاب و دهور | O noble branch of the divine Lote-Tree! Years and months have passed away, nay, ages and epochs have elapsed [3.5s] | INBA21:060, INBA55:355 | BRL_DAK#0770, MKT1.178, TISH.367-369, ABDA.374x | Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Prayer for martyrs; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Sacrifice of self; mystery of sacrifice; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00401 | 610 | mixed | یا من انجذب بنفحات الله قد تجلی جمال الله الابهی من سیناء الظهور مشرق النور | O thou who art enraptured by the fragrances of God! The Beauty of the Most Glorious One hath shone forth from the Sinai of Revelation, the Dawning-place of Light [3.5s] | MMK5#209 p.160, MMK6#167 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00402 | 610 | mixed | یا من ایده الله علی قدم راسخ فی عهده و میثاقه دستخطهای متعدد آنجناب واصل و بر | O thou whom God hath confirmed to stand with steadfast feet in His Covenant and Testament! Numerous letters from thee have been received [3.5s]... ...My sister, for a considerable period, that is, from the day of Baha'u'llah's ascension, had grown so thin and feeble, and was in such a weakened condition | BHKP_2#13 | BHK_2#13 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00403 | 600 | mixed | اللهم یا الهی انک لتعلم و تری و تشاهد و تشهد الشدائد التی تتابعت علی عبدک | O my God, my Lord! Thou verily knowest and seest, observest and bearest witness to the tribulations that have successively befallen Thy servant [3.5s] | MMK5#139 p.108, MSHR5.053x | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Expressions of grief; lamentation; sadness; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00404 | 600 | mixed | الهی الهی قد خلقت نفوسا مقدسه منجذبه الی ملکوت جمالک و نفثت فیها بروح القدس | O my God, my God! Thou hast created sanctified souls drawn to the kingdom of Thy beauty, and breathed into them the Holy Spirit [3.5s] | MKT8.004 | Call to action; Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Prayer for specific individuals; groups; Service to others; to the Cause of God; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; The Word of God; influence and centrality of | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00405 | 600 | mixed | ای امین ربانی در عالم ایجاد جمیع کائنات در نهایت ارتباط و از این ارتباط تعاون | O thou trustee of the Lord! In the world of being all created things are in the most intimate connection with each other | INBA16:163 | BRL_DAK#0716, MKT1.459, NJB_v04#17 p.004 | SW_v01#04 p.013-015, SW_v05#10 p.145-146, SW_v06#17 p.141-142, BW_v01p061, BNE.187x | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; House of Worship [Mashriqu'l-Adhkar]; Interconnectedness; all things involved in all things; chain of being; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00406 | 600 | mixed | ای بنده آستان الهی آنچه بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودی رسید و چون نظر بحکمتی | O servant of the Divine Threshold! That which thou didst write to Manshádí hath been received, and in view of a wisdom [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0765, AVK3.196.14x, QT108.074-075 | Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Nationalism; love of country; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Religion as source of love and unity; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; War and peace | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00407 | 600 | mixed | ای ثابت بر پیمان نامه شما رسید و مضمون مشحون باحساسات روحانیه بود و مبشر بان | O thou who art steadfast in the Covenant! Thy letter was received, and its contents were replete with spiritual sentiments and heralded glad tidings [3.5s] | SFI01.059, MSHR1.081x, YMM.195x | Divine grace, bounty, confirmations; spiritual capacity; Interpretation of dreams and visions; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Spiritual meetings; gatherings; devotional gatherings; feasts; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00408 | 600 | mixed | Translation List | ای ثابتان پیمان حضرت اسم الله المهدی علیه بهاء الله الابهی و علیه ثناء الله | O ye steadfast ones in the Covenant of His Holiness Ismu'llah al-Mihdi, upon him be the Most Glorious Glory of God and upon him be the praise of God [3.5s]... ...O Thou Who art Self-Sufficient! Set those birds of the meadow on their flight; make those nightingales of the rose-garden | MJMJ3.057x, MMG2#244 p.274x, YBN.033-034 | ADMS#234x | Call to action; Happiness; joyfulness; joy and sorrow; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others; Spiritual emotions and susceptibilities; Spiritual transformation; Wine as symbol of spiritual transformation; Unity in diversity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00412 | 600 | mixed | ای منادی پیمان نامه ای که بجناب منشادی مرقوم نموده بودید ملاحظه گردید و بدقت | O herald of the Covenant! The letter which thou hadst addressed to Jináb-i-Manshádí was noted and carefully perused [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0764, MMK5#106 p.086, AMK.011-015, AVK4.442ax, SFI06.013bx | Constitutional revolution in Iran; Non-participation in politics; Obedience to and respect for government authority; Relationship between government and people; Status of kings; future of monarchy | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00413 | 600 | mixed | Light of the World; Bahá'í Sacred Writings | ای یاران حقیقی الواح مسطوره و اوراق منشوره و اسماء مذکوره کل ببقعه مبارکه | O ye true friends! The letters ye wrote, the pages ye penned, and the names ye mentioned were all received in the Holy Land | INBA13:001, INBA59:272 | NURA#35, MMK4#063 p.072, MSHR2.062x | LOTW#35 | Call to action; Chastisement and requital; Exhortations and counsels; Manifestation of God as sun; Praise and encouragement; Stories; anecdotes | - | - | |||||||
| AB00414 | 600 | mixed | ای یاران روحانی عبدالبهاء مدتی بود که از اختلاف و عدم ایتلاف احباء در مدینه | O spiritual friends of Abdu'l-Baha! For some time, the disunity and lack of harmony among the friends in the city [3.5s]... ...In every Dispensation the light of Divine Guidance has been focused upon one central theme | BLIB_Or.08117.024, | MKT2.264, YHA1.378x, NJB_v05#07 p.002 | PDC.195x, WOB.036x | Banishments of Baha'u'llah; Consorting with all; being kind; loving to all; Love, unity, and fellowship among the friends; in the Cause; Progressive revelation; renewal of religion; Suffering and imprisonment; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00415 | 600 | mixed | ای یاران مهربان صبح است و عبدالبهاء جام صبوحی از باده محبت الله زده و در | O kind friends! It is dawn, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá hath quaffed the morning draught from the wine of the love of God, and [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0766, MKT3.176, AHB.119BE #09 p.000, TABN.042a | Forces of light and darkness; integration and disintegration; Growth of the Cause; Martyrs and martyrdom; Praise and encouragement; Prayer for the spiritual progress of others | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00417 | 600 | mixed | ایها المجمع الروحانی انی ابتهل الی العتبه الرحمانیه ان یویدکم بنفحات مقدسه | O spiritual assembly! I beseech the divine Threshold of the All-Merciful to assist you with holy breathings [3.5s] | BRL_DAK#0757, MSHR5.413-414 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Detachment; severance; renunciation; patience; Hands of the Cause; Rejection by the people of the Bayan; Unity; oneness of humanity | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00421 | 600 | mixed | یا احباء الرحمن و امناء الاسرار لعمر الحق ان قلزم المیثاق قد هاج و ماج و | O beloved ones of the All-Merciful and trustees of divine mysteries! By the life of Truth, verily the ocean of the Covenant hath surged and billowed [3.5s] | INBA59:116 | MKT2.215 | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Greatest Name; Law of repetition; recitation of the Greatest Name; Love and unity; Religion as source of love and unity; Power; greatness; centrality of the Covenant; Unity; oneness of humanity; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | |||||||||
| AB00424 | 590 | mixed | الهی الهی تقدست حقیقت وحدانیتک عن الصعود و النزول و تنزهت شمس احدیتک عن الطلوع | O God! O God! Verily, verily the reality of Thy Oneness is sanctified above ascent or descent | INBA89:074 | AMIN.053-058 | SW_v01#07 p.001-003 | Acknowledgment of gift; of monetary contribution; Divine unity [tawhid] and degrees of unity; Growth of the Cause; Steadfastness; perseverance; faithfulness; Transcendence; unknowability of God | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00425 | 590 | mixed | Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks | ای بنده درگاه جمال مبارک نامه مورخ به ۲۲ جون ۱۹۰۹ واصل گردید الحمد لله مکاتیب | O servant of the Threshold of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter dated 22 June 1909 was received. Praise be to God that correspondence [3.5s]... ...As to Mr. Robert [Turner], the news of his ascension saddened the hearts. He was in truth most devoted | BRL_DAK#0138, AOTY.055x, YIK.089-091 | BRL_ATE#098x, BLO_PN#010 | Eulogies; reminiscences; Martyrs and martyrdom; Prayer for the departed; Race unity; racial issues | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00426 | 590 | mixed | ای بنده صادق جمال مبارک نامه شما رسید که بجهت آقا مهدی ارسال نموده بودی نامه | O thou sincere servant of the Blessed Beauty! Thy letter, which thou hadst dispatched on behalf of Aqa Mahdi, hath been received [3.5s] | MMK4#164 p.180x, RHQM2.0906-907 (330) (205-206x) | Covenant-breaking and Covenant-breakers; Firmness in the Covenant; Prayer for firmness in the Covenant; Personal instructions; Station; mission; authority of Abdu'l-Baha | - | - | ||||||||||
| AB00427 | 590 | mixed | Light of the World | ای ثابتان بر میثاق نیر اعظم اشراق چون از افق عراق طلوع فرمود و پرتوی نورانی از | O ye who stand fast and firm in the Covenant! No sooner had the Most Great Luminary of the world risen above the horizon of Iraq | NURA#25, MMK4#036 p.039, MSHR4.139-140 | LOTW#25 | Banishment to; life in Constantinople; Growth of the Cause; Predictions and prophecies; Rebellion and misdeeds of Mirza Yahya; the Azalis; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Wisdom [hikmat] | - | - | ||||||||
| AB00428 | 590 | mixed | ای جام سرشار محبت الله دو نامه از شما پی در پی وارد و هنوز فرصت قرائت بجان | O brimming chalice of the love of God! Two letters from thee have arrived in swift succession, and as yet no opportunity hath been found to peruse them [3.5s] | MMK6#349 | Greatness and influence of the Cause; of this Day; Methods of teaching the Cause; Rejection, opposition and persecution; Teaching the Cause; call to teach; Walking the spiritual path; spiritual wayfaring; the virtuous life | - | - |
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